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(61,033 posts)Two construction workers, whose testimony was not allowed, stated that Brown had his hands up.
Here's a transcript of some of their testimony and and a url to the video: Welcome to DU but come here prepared because we challenge bs talking points.
http://fox2now.com/2014/09/08/two-jefferson-county-construction-workers-describe-michael-brown-shooting/
One witness spoke to Fox 2's Shirley Washington on August 12. The other spoke to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Jeremy Kohler for an article published Friday.
"The fact he just happened to be there, it was just pure happenstance that he was there. He really couldn't put him in any kind of camp in terms of what you'd expect him to say," Kohler said.
Both witnesses said they did not see the reported altercation at the police car, but looked up after hearing a shot or shots.
After a reported foot chase, Kohler said the worker described a shot fired while Brown was running away.
The worker said Brown was "...kind of walking back toward the cop," his "hands were still up" and the witness described Officer Wilson "backing up as he fired."
The eyewitness who spoke to Fox 2 described hearing two pops, then looked up to see Brown.
"I saw him staggering and running and when he finally caught himself he threw his hands up and started screaming OK OK OK OK OK and then the three officers come through the thing and the one just started shooting," the worker told Fox 2`s Washington on August 12.
The Fox 2 witness immediately wrote down what he saw. He also drew a diagram showing him and his co-worker about 50 yards away. He wrote that the officer "emptied his gun into the guy."