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self inflicted or done by other fellow officers to make it look like Brown attacked him. SummerSnow Aug 2014 #1
Exactly n/t Matrosov Aug 2014 #3
Nah--he smacked his own face into the car or the car door as he jumped out after the kid. tblue37 Aug 2014 #6
Yeap, he was pissed because he got smacked by his own door uponit7771 Aug 2014 #21
That is my theory ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2014 #52
This Is Gonna Hurt Darren - But It Will Get You Off The Hook.....nt global1 Aug 2014 #7
That is the whole point, no decent human being would believe ONE WORD any official in that BaggersRDumb Aug 2014 #51
I seriously doubt that the kid hit the cop at all. If he did, there would be evidence on his hand, tblue37 Aug 2014 #56
Agreed...just saying that if he did, the cop probably deserved it BaggersRDumb Aug 2014 #58
And we all know that Brown was a gentle giant Boudica the Lyoness Aug 2014 #68
Cause that sweet young man would never use his size boomer55 Aug 2014 #81
they will have photos of what his fellow cops did to BaggersRDumb Aug 2014 #2
^^^this^^^ valerief Aug 2014 #78
Probably from slamming his own face into the car door or car frame as he leapt out of the car tblue37 Aug 2014 #4
The cop's bit about the car door could explain it Warpy Aug 2014 #5
Mr. Brown's hand only had the graze wound. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #13
Then I suggest another object was smartly applied to Wilson's face Warpy Aug 2014 #16
No signs of struggle on Brown, just his face had wound uponit7771 Aug 2014 #20
A blow hard enough to inflict a blowout fracture of the eye socket should at least leave a bruise Maedhros Aug 2014 #22
Yes. HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #24
Where's the medical/hospital record for "eye socket fracture"?? DinahMoeHum Aug 2014 #27
Good question. Apparently there isn't one.... HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #90
I'm getting a little confused among the three different autopsies. amandabeech Aug 2014 #89
Private one, by Baden. HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #92
Thanks. n/t amandabeech Aug 2014 #94
I've seen them with only minor swelling come in to the hospital Warpy Aug 2014 #26
I was thinking something besides broken skin myself Kalidurga Aug 2014 #41
On the flip side, though, the reports seem to indicate that Wilson pulled Brown INTO the car. Maedhros Aug 2014 #65
Thanks makes this story of Brown being agressive sound even more ludicris. Kalidurga Aug 2014 #67
where is the video newblewtoo Aug 2014 #8
The phone video Cosmocat Aug 2014 #9
Orbital fractures and the attendant bruising Warpy Aug 2014 #19
except there is no evidence that Zimmerman faked his injuries Vattel Aug 2014 #23
Is there evidence (beyond his own testimony) that he didn't fake his injuries? Laelth Aug 2014 #30
Yes, he had signs of injury right from the get go. Vattel Aug 2014 #40
But it was not evidence of someone pounding his head into concrete within an inch of his life. Hoyt Aug 2014 #55
To my knowledge, nobody said his head was pounded into concrete within an inch of is life. Vattel Aug 2014 #71
yeah he had a scratch or two. The kind of scratch you get when you snag your head on a low hanging notadmblnd Aug 2014 #63
I doubt it, but maybe he did Vattel Aug 2014 #72
There was a small tree right where they were. Darn sure wasn't getting his head bashed in. Hoyt Aug 2014 #73
Ya know, I don't consider myself above average in intelligence notadmblnd Aug 2014 #74
Main reason I did is I've scraped my bald head like that many times. Hoyt Aug 2014 #77
The cops bought his story. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #79
Couldn't stand to look at himself in the mirror. JEB Aug 2014 #10
IF he was injured, we know for a FACT Mr. Brown was not the one who injured him. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #11
Funny how no one saw medics rendering aid to the officer 951-Riverside Aug 2014 #12
Post removed Post removed Aug 2014 #14
I bet that after he was (inappropriately) allowed to drive his car away from the scene, tblue37 Aug 2014 #15
I was wondering where his car went. nt redqueen Aug 2014 #31
That's the trial balloon "Josie" floated. HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #17
***NO SIGNS OF STRUGGLE ON MIKE BROWN*** uponit7771 Aug 2014 #18
Didn't one of the witnesses, Tiffany, say she witnessed the struggle? cbdo2007 Aug 2014 #29
No, she witnessed brown being "pulled" into car uponit7771 Aug 2014 #32
Tiffany Mitchell described seeing “Michael and the officer wrestling through the [car] window.” cbdo2007 Aug 2014 #48
once again notice how anything said by a black Solomon Aug 2014 #54
Where have I discounted any of the rest of her statement? cbdo2007 Aug 2014 #57
if he were injured, wouldn't the EMTs have been summoned? fishwax Aug 2014 #25
They are working on that right now. Hoyt Aug 2014 #28
What I don't understand is why he felt he had to shoot the kid. I just don't get it. MADem Aug 2014 #33
A mugger cracked my cheekbone with his fist. MindPilot Aug 2014 #34
Hmmm, a serious eye socket injury is gonna affect your vision MohRokTah Aug 2014 #35
I did this as well my tweaking looks nearly identical Kalidurga Aug 2014 #42
I have no shop skills MohRokTah Aug 2014 #44
My skills aren't great Kalidurga Aug 2014 #46
Where is THIS new leak coming from? aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #36
They are not "leaks" CanonRay Aug 2014 #38
Apparently a RW single source story now picked up by ABC sanatanadharma Aug 2014 #49
No one wants to hear that Brown was a high school graduate who was supposed to be starting MADem Aug 2014 #84
There was nothing wrong with him when he was walking around the victim's body CanonRay Aug 2014 #37
This is why he should never have been allowed to leave the scene of the crime. sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #39
He drove away with some of the evidence aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #47
Does this look like the reactions of a man with a "serious facial injury"? WinkyDink Aug 2014 #43
K&R - informative thread. proverbialwisdom Aug 2014 #45
This is to comment on the post that got a Hide with only 4-3.. Really, DU? JHC! Cha Aug 2014 #50
My thoughts exactly, Cha! sheshe2 Aug 2014 #80
It was a freaking MIRT, she! SMFH. :( Cha Aug 2014 #82
I love MIRT! sheshe2 Aug 2014 #83
Take a look at this video of him walking around Mike Brown's body notadmblnd Aug 2014 #53
As I wrote earlier JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #59
If he had been injured in this manner we would have been informed about it immediately by the police crazylikafox Aug 2014 #60
Gee, it's so easy to believe Brown hurt him. So, so easy. NOT!!!! nt valerief Aug 2014 #61
Oh for many it will be welcome bullshit to believe in. lunasun Aug 2014 #66
Good for the phone video showing he did not seem hurt ,seek emt Imagine why cops don't like lunasun Aug 2014 #62
He looks pretty good in the video of him walking around the body. herding cats Aug 2014 #64
Which one of his buddys had to hit him? Stellar Aug 2014 #69
Popped a giant zit. L0oniX Aug 2014 #70
Yes, and the Clinton administration people TOTALLY TRASHED the bullwinkle428 Aug 2014 #75
Fox News said the same thing earlier today - quotes a "source" - LiberalElite Aug 2014 #76
Uh, hospital records? louis-t Aug 2014 #85
At least a visit to one of those urgent care clinics. amandabeech Aug 2014 #91
So are you embarrassed now that it's been revealed to be bullshit? MohRokTah Aug 2014 #86
Shocked, I tells ya. louis-t Aug 2014 #87
I'm surprised... Blue Idaho Aug 2014 #88
Police now retracted the story... HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #93
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