A newly-discovered video taken in the aftermath of Ferguson, Missouri teen Michael Brown’s death features a conversation between two bystanders, one whom relays what he witnessed—and he states that Brown fled a police car but then “doubled back” and was charging at officers as they fired at him.
Since Brown’s fatal shooting has become a media firestorm, inspiring violent riots and looting in Ferguson, witnesses from both sides of the controversy have given conflicting reports on just what happened. However, this private conversation minutes after the incident seems untainted by any desire to protect or tarnish the reputation of either Brown or the police.
Transcript via Theconservativetreehouse.com:
#1 How’d he get from there to there?
#2 Because he ran, the police was still in the truck – cause he was like over the truck
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#2 But him and the police was both in the truck, then he ran – the police got out and ran after him
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#2 Then the next thing I know he doubled back toward him cus – the police had his gun drawn already on him –
#1. Oh, the police got his gun
#2 The police kept dumpin on him, and I’m thinking the police kept missing – he like – be like – but he kept coming toward him
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#2 Police fired shots – the next thing I know – the police was missing
#1 The Police?
#2 The Police shot him
#1 Police?
#2 The next thing I know … I’m thinking … the dude started running … (garbled something about “he took it from him”)
Well, obviously this changes everything. If he were charging at me I would have shot him too…..BUT….why did they allow 5 days of rioting before making this known?
I know this particular video was “newly-discovered”, but if it’s true, why didn’t the cops release their side of the story several days ago?
of course…. maybe this “newly-discovered” video was newly fabricated, in an attempt to come up with anything that doesn’t make the cop look like a cold-blooded killer.
No way of knowing for sure at this point.
I wonder why Premier Obama doesn’t decry how Michael would have looked like his son like that Martin guy. I suspect it has much to do with who pulled the trigger.