"Michael Brown wasn't shot in the back, so Wilson didn't shoot at him while he was running away" [View all]

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I've been seeing this a whole lot on DU and other places as proof that Wilson didn't shoot at a fleeing Brown.

A total of 12 shots were fired. Michael Brown had 6 bullet holes in his body. That leaves 6 bullets unaccounted for. However, we know where two of those bullets went--one in the door panel of Wilson's SUV and the other in a woman's apartment. That leaves a total of 4 bullets unaccounted for.

We know from grand jury testimony that the scene wasn't measured because according to the crime scene tech giving testimony, there was no need to measure the scene, it was obvious what happened. So this would lead one to assume that bullet trajectory wasn't investigated either. We also have Drs. Baden and Wecht stating that one of the bullet wounds in Browns' arm goes in through the back of his arm and comes out the front--that's better than JFKs magic bullet if Wilson wasn't ever shooting at Brown while he was running away.

The point of this post is this: Just because Brown wasn't hit in the back doesn't mean Wilson didn't shoot as he was running away. Lack of evidence isn't proof, it just means that there isn't evidence available to prove definitively (outside eyewitness accounts) that Wilson shot while Brown was running away. However, I would say between Drs. Wecht and Baden, we DO have proof that Brown was shot while running away.

BTW, Wecht seems pretty adamant that the bullet trajectory in Brown's autopsy pretty much proves that Michael Brown had his arms raised at some point when he was shot and he also touches on the one wound that goes in the back and comes out the front.

h/t to BrotherIvan for this video