Michael Brown - the 'kid' shot by cops 4 days ago in the US, who might have been unarmed and maybe was not fighting the cops.

[The Mad Monk]

Those witnesses are damaged by the forensic evidence.

[Ben Kenobi]

it aint complicated, at least 2 witnesses said Brown tried to surrender in a hail of bullets.

Same witnesses said he was shot in the back. This is false.

If another witness said Brown turned and charged the cop, that came afterward from a video.

Again, this is false. Several witnesses have said he charged him. This corroborates with the autopsy evidence.

[Ben Kenobi]

Pretty good actually.

Hmm, I don't think so. The shots don't have a random spread to them. Six hits, 5 on the same arm, all but the last on the same side of the body? If he's pulling, he'll be off here and there.

[DinoDoc]

Hmm, I don't think so. The shots don't have a random spread to them. Six hits, 5 on the same arm, all but the last on the same side of the body? If he's pulling, he'll be off here and there.

Police fired 41 times at Amadou Diallo and only hit him 19 times. Most cops aren't marksmen.

[Ben Kenobi]

Police fired 41 times at Amadou Diallo and only hit him 19 times. Most cops aren't marksmen.

Which would support my argument for 5 misses and 1 hit.

[kentonio]

Seriously, I don't understand folks coming in to side with Michael.

Why is it that every time there's a major news story you start calling the people involved by their first names and in a super familiar manner as if you knew them? Is having no friends so difficult that you have to try and adopt deceased crime victims?

[Berzerker]

The report seemed fairly clear that it was the front of the arm. The only people I've heard casting doubt were suggesting confusion on the part of the coroners.

The guy assisting Baden on the private autopsy said the hand and forearm wounds could have occurred when Brown was facing away or toward the cop. I'd think they can tell if a bullet grazed an arm in a certain direction but he said the evidence was inconclusive.

[Berzerker]

Same witnesses said he was shot in the back. This is false.

Not true, the female said his body jerked as he ran from the cop and the other witness said the cop shot him as he ran away and he figured the bullet got him in the back. It dont matter if the bullet(s) missed his back and caught him in the arm.

Again, this is false. Several witnesses have said he charged him. This corroborates with the autopsy evidence.

The only place I've seen something about Brown charging the cop was taken from a video transcript that surfaced after 2 witnesses went on TV, if they have several people claiming Brown ran toward the cop then he'll walk.

[N35t0r]

The part where she says he was walking in the street.

Yet you said he was walking in the middle of the street holding up traffic.

See those parts in bold? you also need corroboration of that. So far, it has the same value as me saying they were walking on the street, along the sidewalk, holding pink helium-filled baloons.

[My Wife Hates CIV]

even holder is going to say - brown was at fault. this Wilson cop will be back on the force in a few months.

big stupid kid charged a cop. I think the locals just got themselves all worked up. they cant even calm down.

[kittenOFchaos]

Brown was jay walking. That somehow snowballed into him being gunned down in broad daylight. That means the cop ****ed up.

Brown had just robbed a store, perhaps he panicked and reacted far differently to someone just being told to get off the road in no uncertain terms.

[kittenOFchaos]

this Wilson cop will be back on the force in a few months.

Maybe in Alaska...

[Berzerker]

Ben, do you have a link to these several witnesses who say Brown charged the cop?

[kittenOFchaos]

Cameras in all police badges and on every police firearm.

It has certainly been trailed and found to reduce complaints against police and violence against police. I'd be all for it.

[kittenOFchaos]

so the cop and a witness say Brown ran at him and thats why he shot him several times?

could be, I dont know why other witnesses left that out of their reports.

The people talking in the video were not giving testimony to the FBI, simply talking. The point being they weren't acting up.

Eyewitnesses make things up and can be biased. Lets face it, plenty of people are anti-police and in a place like Ferguson sticking up for the police is definitely going to be bad for your health.