I have not heard of a version where the cop pulled the guy into the vehicle. Please post a link the article where that is said. There is also a version where the guy after assaulting him was told to stop and turned around and taunted the officer and then tried to bum rush him....that seems to go hand in hand with the eye witness testimony.From all accounts i have heard the guy pushed the cop into the vehicle and assaulted him. I think you still for whatever reason think I was defending the cops in the other incident and have let that skew your view of my posts. I agree that there needs to be a better communication on details of the events. All I am doing it posting what has been said by others. I am not making a judgement of the situation and whether or not the shooting was justified.That being said I am fairly certain in my assertion that no matter what the facts say if they clear the cop the protestors and idiots like 240 wont accept it.On the other hand if the facts show this kid was surrendering and was no threat, I will stand up and say this cop needs to be prosecuted.
Skip there has been a huge rush to judgement on behalf of the protestors. They believe the video release was to incite more tension . They believe this was a honest law abiding kid who was just minding his own business when he was gunned down by the police. The fact is the kid was not law abiding, the fact is the kid had a few minutes earlier robbed a store. All I am saying is lets get the facts first and by all accounts I have heard the story is the cop was pushed and assaulted into his police car
I prefer the liberal definition of diversity, where everyone is either black or brown. Brown hair, brown eyes, brown skin.
they couldnt find three better looking chicks for that?
Now you're really coming across as dishonest. C'mon, the conflicting reports about the car have been all over the media."A shot was fired inside the police car, Belmar said. After the incident, the officer was taken to an area hospital, where he was treated for a "swollen face," according to Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson.The story doesn't jibe with at least three witness accounts.Johnson claims the officer grabbed Brown by his neck, and Brown tried to pull away, but the officer kept pulling Brown toward him, he said.The officer drew his weapon, and "he said, 'I'll shoot you' or 'I'm going to shoot' " and almost instantaneously fired his weapon, hitting Brown, Johnson said.Witness Tiffany Mitchell was picking up coworker Piaget Crenshaw for their jobs when she saw Brown and the officer "tussling through the window." Mitchell and Crenshaw said Brown appeared to be trying to pry himself from the officer's grasp. Brown had his hand on the police cruiser, trying to push himself away, Mitchell said"http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/14/us/ferguson-michael-brown-shooting-5-things/index.htmlI've skewed nothing. These are your exact words: "you know that the cop was assaulted in his vehicle first and choose to leave that out".As I noted, you've made up your mind already.I don't know what 240 will do (usually depends on direction of the wind), but how they go about clearing or not clearing the cops is important. At a time where we have prosecutors and judges trying to claim that giving the cops the bird constituted a cry for help so they should be allowed to stop a car, we need honesty and transparency in what's clearly becoming a corrupt system.
Another version says the cop pulled the guys head into the car and assaulted him. You've clearly already determined that the first is fact, when in reality, we don't know.
I've skewed nothing. These are your exact words: "you know that the cop was assaulted in his vehicle first and choose to leave that out".As I noted, you've made up your mind already.
no where in there did it ever say the officer pulled the guy in through the window...where do you get that?Him trying to leave the officer after the confrontation doesnt mean the officer pulled him in. If the officer was trying to detain him dont you think he would have been trying to keep him from fleeing?Again please show me a link to an article where it says that the cop pulled him in through the window like you stated.
“It looked as if Michael was pushing off and the cop was trying to pull him in,” Tiffany Mitchell told CNN on Wednesday night.http://fox2now.com/2014/08/14/witnesses-to-michael-browns-shooting-detail-his-last-minutes/
It looked as if Michael was pushing off and the cop was trying to pull him in, Tiffany Mitchell told CNN on Wednesday night.http://fox2now.com/2014/08/14/witnesses-to-michael-browns-shooting-detail-his-last-minutes/
As I noted, you don't know, you can't know.But hey, he was black, he was a thug, cop version must be right. Afterall, they're so honest, lol.
But lets be honest for a second skip, who do you think is more credible the man who just committed a crime with the deceased or the bystander who supposedly saw it all happen?
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/08/14/police_in_ferguson_tear_gas_tv_reporters_al_jazeera_camera_crew_flees.htmlHere's those honest, trustworthy cops gassing reporters and taking out the equipment.I see they're taking out the threat at McD's too! Can't be too sure, those reporters might start the end of the world. The safety of the cops is in jeopardy!!!
I think at one time, I would have given deference to the cops. Now...no way. They disgust me just as much as the thugs.I guess we would have to listen to all sides and make a judgment as with anything else, but I agree with you in the sense that he has everything to gain from lying about the incident.
interesting, you can hear the supposed eye witness in the background saying that brown was advancing towards the cop when he opened fire and brown just kept advancing. He said he thought the cop was missing b/c he kept going toward the cop.