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still_one

(92,188 posts)
Sun Aug 17, 2014, 12:20 PM Aug 2014

Does anyone know if there is video of the shooting in Ferguson? The only thing I hear the "media"

talking about is the video of the shop lifting incident, which perversely isn't even related to what happened except of course to taint any potential jury pool. I doubt very much that Ferguson officials will find any wrong doing, but I believe that the justice department will. If nothing else, they will find a violation of civil rights

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Does anyone know if there is video of the shooting in Ferguson? The only thing I hear the "media" (Original Post) still_one Aug 2014 OP
So far, I don't believe there is one. BlueCaliDem Aug 2014 #1
I thought I initially heard there was a cell phone video when this first happened, but nothing since still_one Aug 2014 #2
There is a video of Mike Brown lying in the street. *** Warning: GRAPHIC *** BlueCaliDem Aug 2014 #4
There was a claim that such a video existed. Jim__ Aug 2014 #3
Thanks still_one Aug 2014 #6
So far no video of the actual shooting has surfaced. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #5

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
1. So far, I don't believe there is one.
Sun Aug 17, 2014, 12:30 PM
Aug 2014

I guess the people were just too shocked to pull out their cell phones to video-tape that horrifying act. But on the other hand, don't be surprised that someone might have taped it all but is too afraid of retaliation by an overreacting Ferguson P.D. to present it. But who knows? If there is a taping of the murder of Mike Brown, and there is a video of it, I hope the DoJ will receive it to nail the Ferguson P.D. with it.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
4. There is a video of Mike Brown lying in the street. *** Warning: GRAPHIC ***
Sun Aug 17, 2014, 12:44 PM
Aug 2014

That's this one:



Don't scroll down to the comments. It's full of racist Teabaggers' comments, fresh from Faux News Channel and on a mission to discredit Mike Brown as much as possible.

Jim__

(14,075 posts)
3. There was a claim that such a video existed.
Sun Aug 17, 2014, 12:36 PM
Aug 2014

A news story linked to from DU:

A new witness to Michael Brown’s shooting has emerged—and she’s also got new amateur video from Saturday in Ferguson. Her account of what happened corroborates what Dorian Johnson says he saw on Saturday.


When I read that story, it wasn't clear to me that she actually had video - it read like she was about to video it, then got scared and hid. Maybe the claim was just that she had video, but not that she had video of the shooting.


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