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In reply to the discussion: Strong Evidence That Brown Was Executed [View all]H2O Man
(76,664 posts)35. If the damage to
the officer's face did happen while he was in the car, and the murder victim was standing outside the car, it could not have happened from a punch. However, it certainly could have happened if the murder victim was attempting to pull away, and his elbow struck the officer's cheek bone.
As I've noted on DU in the past, I've been involved in the Great Sport of Boxing for over 50 years. I was a good amateur (first covered in a feature article in Boxing Illustrated at the age of 13); I've trained numerous amateur and professional fighters; served as a referee and judge; wrote for boxing magazines; and have watched thousands of fights.
I'm pretty familiar with things such as how people can fall slowly, and how bones can be broken.
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maybe when you get hit in the arm a few times you might bend/hunch over holding it
certainot
Aug 2014
#47
But if the fatal shot was the one to the brain, then he may have been still conscious when he began
notadmblnd
Aug 2014
#76
We do not have the defense side of story, we just have one hearsay third party statement.
NYC_SKP
Aug 2014
#3
If the evidence backed the officer's story, we would probably have it by now.
JDPriestly
Aug 2014
#18
This article does a pretty good job of summing up the witness statements made about this case.
Arkansas Granny
Aug 2014
#37
White racist cop kills unarmed Brown young man = 4 million internet arguments, endless
BaggersRDumb
Aug 2014
#56