Here we go - press conference about to begin

[malaise]

Still these Ferguson cops look like incompetent morons

[malaise]

1. What the fuck is this about a robbery before the shooting?

Good grief he's accusing Michael Brown of robbery now?

[Nite Owl]

2. What a coward

announces then is wisked way.
No leadership.

[OneGrassRoot]

3. Not helpful at all. I think he made things much worse. :(

He also came across like a nervous, confused wreck.

Hi, malaise.

[malaise]

8. Total confusion

Hi there OneGrassRoot

[kirby]

4. How did you get that?

He said the officer was in the area of Michael Brown due to an armed robbery being phoned in to 911.

[malaise]

7. You must be the only person who didn't get the inference

Ah well

[kirby]

10. I guess so...

I took it as a basic explanation of why was the cop car in that location.

The officer probably saw the closest black guy and started a situation.

[malaise]

15. Hmmmmmmmmmmm

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025389697#post1

[kirby]

16. It seems the written report...

is explicitly saying Brown was involved in a strong-arm robbery.

Regardless, stealing some cigars is not punishable by the death penalty.

[rock]

31. "... stealing some cigars is not punishable by the death penalty ..."

Not until proven guilty!

[kirby]

19. Look at the timestamps...

The police report says the strong-armed robbery was at 11:40am. When did the shooting take place? Dorian Johnson says they ran into the cops around 1:45 - 2pm. Time zone differences or actually 2 hours difference.

[malaise]

20. If this were true it would have been

the entire narrative from day one - this is bullshit of the highest order.

[kirby]

21. Where is the uncensored video

of Mike Browns body lying on the street. Is that actually the same clothes? I thought there as a link posted yesterday.

[Iggo]

29. You're right.

Not once in the last 5 or 6 days did they ever say "robbery suspect".

And you know they would have if they didn't just dream it up yesterday.

Come on, people!

[malaise]

5. Nothing about the shooting

but some botched rubbish about an armed robbery. The suspect had come in the direction of the Quick Trip. What a fucking stretch.

It took them six days to come up with an armed robbery????

[kirby]

11. My guess...

Is that they dont want the local police chief to answer questions because they have absolutely no credibility. You could hear the assholes voice cracking at the thought of having to justify anything. Probably best to let another entity investigate. Hopefully that local chief is headed out the door the way this has been handled. Of course he will probably become a law enforcement advisor to some Republican candidate in the future.

[BuelahWitch]

25. It took them 6 days to find a guy who looked like Mike Brown

to pose for pictures.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

6. That cleared everything up.

What a crock.

[malaise]

9. More racial profiling

That was beyond bad

[avebury]

12. The Police Chief certainly did not help matters at all.

It will be interesting to see how today's protests shape up.

I am so fed up with authorities trying to create a scenario that ends up blaming the victim for the victim's own death.

The only hope that Michael Brown's family will have for any type of justice is if the Feds charge him because I just don't see it happening on the local level.

The whole story came across like since Michael Brown was big and black and the strong arm robber was big and black then of course Michael Brown must be the strong arm robber because of course all black people look alike.

Racism is definitely alive and well in Ferguson.

[malaise]

14. Unbelievable

He should have named the cop and walked off - but no - he was sent there to profile Michael Brown. That was really bad.

[BuelahWitch]

23. The guy was stuttering worse than Porky Pig

He paused several times, and I thought when he was spelling the killer cop's name he said "C-a-r-r-e-n" rather than "D-a-r-r-e-n."

The fact that he wouldn't take questions is suspect too. All bullshit.

[JustAnotherGen]

27. avebury

believe it or not - you are calming me down. you are doing it point by point. Thanks!

[bklyncowgirl]

13. This police chief is clearly out of his league--why does he still have his job?

[uponit7771]

22. AMEN!!! He could KEEP his job, if the murder didn't happen, but NOT speak to public... he's horrible

[displacedtexan]

17. Typical. When you can't control the story...

You change the story.

Crisis management 101.

[MohRokTah]

18. This is a post-death lynching of that kid!

DESPICABLE!!!!

[Robbins]

24. Agreed

It doesn't matter if he stole box of cigars or not,even though I am skeptical of that,he was still shot more than once by a cop.

Stealing boxes of cigars doesn't justify murder.

[MohRokTah]

26. Notice there is nothing in his hands when he left.

No cigars.

That was made up bullshit.

Real story, the store employee got in his face. He ended it and left.

[Skidmore]

28. Thanks for summarizing this.

I was getting the car serviced for a road trip this weekend but they finished and brought my car back just as the press conference was about to begin so I didn't get to see it. This police chief is just so incompetent and dangerous by extension.

[malaise]

30. Anytime sis

Check out avebury's thread as well