The Michael Brown Shooting Official Thread

[spookyturtle 9,466]

i, for one, am gonna be super excited if it's protocol for a cop to fire off 9 shots from his car in a public setting.

There was a case here in MA many years back where a local cop emptied his gun firing at someone fleeing Home Depot after passing a bad check. Thankfully no one was hit. He was relieved of duty.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

You don't actually think anyone is going to say, opps our bad, the Kid was at fault.

You are going to hear all kind of crazy stuff, like "White people are impersonating blacks and looting"

I will say up front that I have not seen ALL the photos out there, but thus far, every single pic I have seen of looters in Ferguson thus far has been white people posing as black.

[lostinblue 1,989]

i, for one, am gonna be super excited if it's protocol for a cop to fire off 9 shots from his car in a public setting.

That's the first we have heard of this that 9 shots were fired in the car. Can you throw us a link to that story? That is a game changer that we need to get posted. A guy takes 9 rounds and still runs away and comes back to take a few more. ... It would be important to know what rounds he was using so we can stay away from what they use.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

I will say up front that I have not seen ALL the photos out there, but thus far, every single pic I have seen of looters in Ferguson thus far has been white people posing as black.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

i, for one, am gonna be super excited if it's protocol for a cop to fire off 9 shots from his car in a public setting.

Nine shots? You have been clinging to every worst case scenario of this story from day one.. Everything that can be proven has gone against what you have posted maybe some more homework is warranted before posting more blind statements..

How many shots were fired?

There are varying accounts of how many times Wilson shot Brown. Belmar said "more than just a couple [times], but I don't think it was many more than that." Eyewitnesses indicate four shots were fired, and Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden, said she was told police shot Brown eight times. The police announced they will not release the results of the autopsy on Brown's, which will make it more difficult for the public to know how many shots were fired. But federal authorities, under the request of Brown's family, ordered another autopsy that will be done by a federal medical examiner.

http://www.vox.com/cards/mike-brown-protests-ferguson-missouri/mike-brown-shooting-facts-details

[decocker 7,198]

That's the first we have heard of this that 9 shots were fired in the car. Can you throw us a link to that story? That is a game changer that we need to get posted. A guy takes 9 rounds and still runs away and comes back to take a few more. ... It would be important to know what rounds he was using so we can stay away from what they use.

whatever.. sorry i just read through all this too quick. seven/nine/at least six

these were the two articles just read.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/15/unidentified-twitter-user-saw-michael-brown-die-says-he-was-running-away-when-shot/

http://gawker.com/autopsy-report-michael-brown-was-shot-at-least-six-tim-1623117894

anywho i'm offended i only got four....outta that post.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

NYTimes says he was hit six times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/us/michael-brown-autopsy-shows-he-was-shot-at-least-6-times.html?_r=0

Edit: And no residue found on the body.. not good.

Edited August 18, 2014 by OnMyWayID

[decocker 7,198]

Nine shots? You have been clinging to every worst case scenario of this story from day one.. Everything that can be proven has gone against what you have posted maybe some more homework is warranted before posting more blind statements..

calm down.

NYTimes says he was hit six times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/us/michael-brown-autopsy-shows-he-was-shot-at-least-6-times.html?_r=0

at least. shouldn't leave that out.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

calm down.

at least. shouldn't leave that out.

I'm very calm.. I have new wave yoga music in the background and and nice little stone waterfall on he desk and two chubby dogs sleeping on big pillows on the floor.. The crickets could quiet down but that's my only personal complaint.

I wasn't posting the six to say it was low.. Bad news..

Edited August 18, 2014 by OnMyWayID

[lostinblue 1,989]

I will say up front that I have not seen ALL the photos out there, but thus far, every single pic I have seen of looters in Ferguson thus far has been white people posing as black.

Us white folks are getting good at doing the blackface routine ....So good that we confuse even the native born folks.

Racist? No, our black-face dance is a proud tradition Labour candidate Will Straw says people who claim it is offensive for rural English dancers to blacken their faces are ignorant of history

Folk dances that involve 'blacking-up' are an English tradition and should not be regarded as racist, a Labour candidate for Parliament has insisted.

Will Straw, the candidate in the marginal seat of Rossendale and Darwen, said people who claim it is offensive for rural English dancers to blacken their faces are ignorant of history.

Mr Straw was criticised this weekend after posting an image of himself on Twitter with the Britannia Coconut Dancers of Bacup, a 150-year-old troupe of Lancastrian clog dancers who perform every Easter.

Critics claim the practice is offensive, because blacking up has often been used by white performers to parody black people and culture. The Black and White Minstrel Show, which featured white performers in black make-up singing American calypso songs, was removed from the air in 1978 after protests.

Perhaps some of our british folks are running around out there

[decocker 7,198]

I'm very calm.. I have new wave yoga music in the background and and nice little stone waterfall on he desk and two chubby dogs sleeping on big pillows on the floor.. The crickets could quiet down but that's my only personal complaint.

I wasn't posting the six to say it was low.. Bad news..

worst case scenario hasn't been my focal point, i'm afraid. i'm not cheering for a team to win.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

How many shots were fired?

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

NYTimes says he was hit six times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/us/michael-brown-autopsy-shows-he-was-shot-at-least-6-times.html?_r=0

Edit: And no residue found on the body.. not good.

No residue on the body is normal. THAT would have been on the clothes, right?

Guess all 6 shots to the front negates the one story I heard that Brown was shot while running away.

[Sousuke 1,214]

Why is Eric Holder authorizing a third autopsy??? Eric didn't give a sh*t about aaron swartz who was driven to kill himself.

Holder absolutely DISGUSTS me. He should be in prison not the head of the Justice Dept.

Edited August 18, 2014 by Sousuke

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

No residue on the body is normal. THAT would have been on the clothes, right?

Guess all 6 shots to the front negates the one story I heard that Brown was shot while running away.

yeah that's true, It negates the running away story.. The NY times mentioned the clothes may have them I guess we have to wait for that..