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In reply to the discussion: Strong Evidence That Brown Was Executed [View all]Arkansas Granny
(31,996 posts)37. This article does a pretty good job of summing up the witness statements made about this case.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/21/here-is-everything-police-and-witnesses-said-happened-when-michael-brown-was-killed/
Since so little information has been released by the Ferguson PD about the investigation, we are trying to figure out what happened by piecing together the statements of witnesses, which don't always agree. We have heard that Wilson was injured, but no medical reports have been released as to the extent or severity of injuries. Statements have been made that were later retracted or corrected, which makes me wonder how accurate they are. There are so many unanswered questions that it's impossible to know with any certainty exactly what took place.
What we do know for sure is that an unarmed teenager is dead and that he was shot by a policeman who had stopped him for walking in the middle of the street. That should not be a crime punishable by death.
Since so little information has been released by the Ferguson PD about the investigation, we are trying to figure out what happened by piecing together the statements of witnesses, which don't always agree. We have heard that Wilson was injured, but no medical reports have been released as to the extent or severity of injuries. Statements have been made that were later retracted or corrected, which makes me wonder how accurate they are. There are so many unanswered questions that it's impossible to know with any certainty exactly what took place.
What we do know for sure is that an unarmed teenager is dead and that he was shot by a policeman who had stopped him for walking in the middle of the street. That should not be a crime punishable by death.
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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