John Kuthie wrote:
>Dave Smith wrote:
>>Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>>>> That is a really bizarre way of stating it. The kid was apparently not
>>>> "innocent of anything" when he was stopped. It would be more accurate to
>>>> say that they cop did not know that the kid he had just stopped had just
>>>> robbed a store. The kid knew that he had just robbed a store, and now he
>>>> is face to face with a cop and he didn't know that the cop was unaware
>>>> of his crime.

I wouldn't refer to an 18 year old as a kid, that's predjudicial...
when I was 18 I was wearing the uniform of the US armed forces serving
my country, I was no kid.

>>> That could easily make the kid act in an abnormal manner too. Again, we
>>> may never know the truth of what really happened in a short encounter.
>>> Even unarmed he may have seemed threatening. It will never be settled
>>> in everyone's mind as to what should have taken place.
>>
>>That is the way I imagined it happening. When I saw the videos of the
>>kid's friend giving his account I had some issues with his credibility.
>> I confess that the neck tattoos elicited some prejudice. I didn't
>>believe that a cop would pull up beside the guy and reach out and grab
>>him and try to pull him into the car. I also wondered how he could run
>>in fear of his life and still manage to see everything. His good friend
>>just got shot and he thought he was next??? Upon hearing about their
>>involvement in the robbery he was obviously lying to cover his own butt.
>>He didn't know about the videotape.
>>
>>It sounds to me that this pair of robbers leaving the seen of their
>>crime were suddenly confronted by a cop and think they are busted, so
>>they did what they thought they had to do to get away.
>>
>
>There's a video in this article from the store which was robbed of the
>robbery. Michael Brown is the large individual wearing the red cap:
>
>http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/crime...bery/14141387/
>
>He's clearly a big bully. 18 years old and throwing his weight around
>literally, to intimidate and steal the cigars.

That video was plastered all over the news yesterday from early
morning... seems to me that video wouldn't normally be made public but
after some thought it was hoped to help quell the rioting, apparently
a mistake airing that video. It couldn't be clearer in that video
what was occuring and by whom... that thug weighed 294 pounds and was
6'4"... I'd like to see a picture and the stats of the cop who
ALLEGEDLY shot him, there are plenty of cops half his size, and
apparently from the video he's very used to bullying/intimidating...
so far we don't know who shot the thug, no ballistics have been
reported... coulda been the accomplice who shot at the cop and hit the
big thug (would be hard to miss). At this point all anyone can offer
is wild speculation. Even though the thug can't speak that cop knows
what occured and in time will be told... even if the thug were
arrested at the convenience store his lawyer would instruct him to
keep his mouth shut... the cop has also been instructed likewise.
It'll probably be a long time before the public knows what occured.