“The fact that Michael Brown was a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened moments before he died should do little to quiet critics who have wondered why a Ferguson, Mo., police officer shot and killed the unarmed 18-year-old last week, law enforcement experts said.
On Friday, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson released surveillance footage and a police report that revealed Brown was suspected of stealing a box of cigars from a local convenience store shortly before he was gunned down Saturday.
But in a second news conference, Jackson said Officer Darren Wilson did not know Brown was a suspect in the robbery before approaching him. Brown was stopped for impeding traffic, police have said.“* Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz (Turner Classic Movies), John Iadarola (TYT University) and Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show) break it down.
*Read more here from James Queally / LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ferguson-police-experts-20140815-story.html
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Even if you stipulate to all the claims from the cops, you can’t reasonably suggest that him being killed in the street is the “ok” result of events.
Even if the cop’s gun was reached for, even if there was a scuffle through the window of the vehicle, even if that scuffle was caused by Michael Brown believing that he was being detained for the robbery, it doesn’t allow Darren Wilson to pursue and shoot Michael Brown who was surrendering.