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In reply to the discussion: Michael brown never shot in the back [View all]JJChambers
(1,115 posts)16. NO! I am spreading the information from the articles I have read. Please post your source.
Here is mine:
FERGUSON, Mo. Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was killed by a police officer, sparking protests around the nation, was shot at least six times, including twice in the head, a preliminary private autopsy performed on Sunday found.
One of the bullets entered the top of Mr. Browns skull, suggesting his head was bent forward when it struck him and caused a fatal injury, according to Dr. Michael M. Baden, the former chief medical examiner for the City of New York, who flew to Missouri on Sunday at the familys request to conduct the separate autopsy. It was likely the last of bullets to hit him, he said.
Mr. Brown, 18, was also shot four times in the right arm, he said, adding that all the bullets were fired into his front.
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Dr. Baden provided a diagram of the entry wounds, and noted that the six shots produced numerous wounds. Some of the bullets entered and exited several times, including one that left at least five different wounds.
This one here looks like his head was bent downward, he said, indicating the wound at the very top of Mr. Browns head. It can be because hes giving up, or because hes charging forward at the officer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/us/michael-brown-autopsy-shows-he-was-shot-at-least-6-times.html?_r=0
The PROBLEM is that the autopsy lines up more with the audio statement we heard today from Wilson's friend's radio interview, than from the witnesses we heard from previously. Those witnesses said that he was shot in the back which clearly isn't the case. That brings their whole statement into question which is why they should never have been allowed to give TV interviews.
Wilson is going to get away with murder.
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NO! I am spreading the information from the articles I have read. Please post your source.
JJChambers
Aug 2014
#16
No. I don't like people making crap up then acusing others who report things accurately of lying.
Ms. Toad
Aug 2014
#58
"How else do you shoot someone in the top of the head, from the front, from a distance?"
AgingAmerican
Aug 2014
#15
Or if it's an automatic, one click might fire them all? IDK guns like that, just shotguns.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#39
I agree that the cop's story stinks to high heaven and is likely made up out of whole cloth.
stranger81
Aug 2014
#27
He could have been looking down at the 4 shots in his arms. I don't see proof he was attacking.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#38
"Gunshot wounds on the inside of his arms conducive to someone shot with his hands up." Per some
kath
Aug 2014
#11
You didn't provide a link to back up the assertion you touted in your OP, either.
MADem
Aug 2014
#19
"Gunshot wounds on the inside of his arms conducive to someone shot with his hands up. "
MohRokTah
Aug 2014
#12
I was under the impression that cops were trained to aim for center mass. n/t
cherokeeprogressive
Aug 2014
#36
And he was fleeing even if he'd turned around to follow instructions. Correct, doesn't clear Wilson.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#57
Even the stoic, impartial NY coroner said that shooting that many bullets is unusual
Number23
Aug 2014
#60
The autopsy SO FAR does not show any bullets in the back. But who performed this autopsy?
kelliekat44
Aug 2014
#62