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Title: New Information Released on Michael Brown Case
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URL Source: http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2014/10 ... eleased-on-michael-brown-case/
Published: Oct 22, 2014
Author: Brian Kelly
Post Date: 2014-10-22 14:28:49 by Jethro Tull
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New Information Released on Michael Brown Case

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A demonstrator carries a picture of Michael Brown during a protest along Florissant Avenue on August 16, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Violent protests have erupted nearly every night along the street since the shooting death ofl Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

A demonstrator carries a picture of Michael Brown during a protest along Florissant Avenue on August 16, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Violent protests have erupted nearly every night along the street since the shooting death ofl Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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FERGUSON, Mo. (KMOX)A report by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch this morning shows the official autopsy supports Ferguson officer Darren Wilson’s claim that Michael Brown struggled with him in his patrol vehicle, and that Brown did not have his hands up when he was shot Aug. 9.

A source tells the Post-Dispatch that Wilson testified to the Grand Jury that when he tried to get out of his SUV to talk to Brown and his friend Dorian Johnson about the theft of cigarillos, Brown slammed the door shut and punched him in the face.

Wilson pulled his weapon, and Brown grabbed it. At one point, the barrel was pointed at Wilson’s hip, then a shot was fired hitting Brown’s hand.

Wilson says he then chased Brown, who turned and ran toward him. Wilson said “stop,” then fired. Brown kept coming, so Wilson fired several more shots.

The Post-Dispatch also had three experts examine the official autopsy.

St. Louis medical examiner Dr. Michael Graham says the report supports claims that there was a “significant struggle” in Wilson’s patrol car, and Brown suffered a hand wound at “relatively short range.”

A forensic pathologist from San Francisco, Dr. Judy Melinek, says based on a bullet wound to Brown’s arm, Brown’s palms could not have been facing Wilson in the standard surrender position – with hands up and palms out – when he was shot, and Brown was falling forward or lunging when he was hit by the fatal shot to the top of his head.

Based on toxicology tests, Ohio State University College of Pharmacy consultant Alfred Staubus concludes Brown had used marijuana within a few hours of his death, but it is not clear if he was impaired at the time.

The Post-Dispatch says Brown’s family attorney calls Wilson’s account “absurd from beginning to end.”

TIMELINE: The Death of Michael Brown and Unrest in Ferguson

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#1. To: Jethro Tull (#0)

Brown was mercifully spared a horrible life of crime, incarceration, and possibly worse.

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#2. To: Lod (#1)

Brown was mercifully spared a horrible life of crime, incarceration, and possibly worse.

Brown made the conscious effort to stamp his expiration date a few years early as in suicide by cop.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2014-10-22 14:55:49 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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