Another Unarmed Black Teen Shot by Militarized Police

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Another Unarmed Black Teen Shot by Militarized Police

Monday, 11 August 2014 13:56
By The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program | Op-Ed


Where have all the good cops gone?

On Saturday, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer.

Brown's death has sparked considerable outrage in Ferguson, with protests and riots breaking out all weekend long, and continuing today.

While a lot is still unknown about the circumstances of the shooting, we do know that Brown was initially stopped by police for walking in the middle of a road.

And, in an interview with KTVI, Dorin Johnson, who was with Brown at the time of the shooting, said that, "a police officer squad car pulled up. And when he pulled up, these was his exact words, he said, 'Get the fuck on the sidewalk.' And we told the officer we was not but a minute away from our destination, and we would surely be out of the street." ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/25508-another-unarmed-black-teen-shot-by-militarized-police

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1. Good article!

In an interview with Dorin Johnson on MSNBC this afternoon, he said that after the cop told them to get off the street and they responded, the cop grabbed Brown from inside the car. He pulled Brown's head and hands into the car. When Brown pulled free, the cop shot him once from inside the car, then as Brown ran away, he continued to shoot, even after Brown raised his hands and started to go to the ground.

The young woman who was also a witness saw the cop shooting after Brown raised his hands.

Neither of these stories match the official police statement. I believe these two people over the police.