CNN: caution until they verify

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CNN Airs Alleged Audio from Michael Brown Shooting
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnn-airs-alleged-audio-from-michael-brown-shooting/

On Monday evening’s CNN Tonight, host Don Lemon debuted a recording that allegedly contains audio of the gunshots that killed 18-year-old Michael Brown earlier this month.

On August 9, police officer Darren Wilson shot Brown at least six times during an incident in Ferguson, Mo. Several witnesses claim the young man was fleeing the officer, and had his hands in the air when the fatal shot was delivered; but police officials claim Brown had violently attacked Wilson who then responded in self-defense.

An unidentified man claims to have recorded the gunfire — haphazardly, it seems, as he is heard talking about unrelated matters. At least 10 gunshots can be heard in the background, with a brief pause between the first seven and the last four or so.

Before airing the audio, Lemon cautioned his audience: “CNN cannot independent verify the authenticity of this tape. We have reached out to the FBI for confirmation of their interview with the Ferguson resident who says he made the recording.”


CNN: FBI given audio recording of Darren Wilson allegedly firing 11 times at Michael Brown
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/26/cnn-fbi-given-audio-recording-of-darren-wilson-allegedly-firing-11-times-at-michael-brown/

The Federal Bureau of Investigations has obtained an audio recording that allegedly captures 18-year-old Michael Brown’s fatal shooting at the hends of Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson, CNN reported on Monday.

CNN mentioned that it has not independently verified the recording, which was given to the bureau by a Ferguson resident. In the audio, the unidentified man can be heard telling someone, “You’re so pretty” while 11 gunshots are heard in the distance — seven in one burst, then a pause, followed by four more shots.

“He was in his apartment, talking to a friend on a video chat,” the man’s attorney, Lopa Blumenthal, told CNN. “He heard loud noises and at the time, he didn’t ven realize the import of what he was hearing until afterwards, and it just happened to have captured 12 seconds of what transpired outside of his building.”

[MohRokTah]

1. Audio, no video. eom

[applegrove]

2. Wow. 11 shots. That is just awful.

[JimDandy]

3. I only counted ten. My hearing must not be

as good as it used to. I hear 6 shots in the first volley and four in the second. Where is the eleventh shot being heard?

[applegrove]

4. I count 6 and then 5.

[JimDandy]

5. Thanks. n/t

[applegrove]

6. There were two of the 5 that sounded like they were right on top of each other.

I wonder if they'll be able to hear Michael ask not to be shot if they look closely at the tape. Probably not.

[JimDandy]

10. Maybe... Bullets are loud.

Voices weakened by bullets being slammed into you not so much.

Very telling, then, that we don't hear Officer Darren Dean Wilson telling him ANYTHING... Not even during the pause. Not a single" "Stop fleeing" or "Halt or I'll shoot" and certainly no "Hands up".

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. That's an absolutely fascinating idea

I'll bet the most modern crime lab can remove the man's voice from the tape and possibly the shots and enhance the sound to see if anything is being said outside. That is, if it's a legit tape.

[Lex]

13. Sound enhancement

is very possible. There's lots of stuff that can be done with that.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. Does each gun carry its own unique sound signature?

I wonder how they can confirm that these shots are from the time and place of the incident, if they can.

[applegrove]

9. The guy was recording his online conversation with someone.

There should be ways to go back and see the time stamp on that. Or something.

[onethatcares]

15. well, if they

could do it with Oswalds magic bullet 50 years ago, I'm sure they can do it now.

[NutmegYankee]

16. There is no "magic" bullet.

It traveled in a straight path and started tumbling at the time it hit the Governor, hence the flattening on one side as it stopped in the leg. Physics explains it just fine.

[onethatcares]

17. oh hell yeah.

that part I believe. It was how it showed up on the gurney that amazes me. But stranger things have happened.

I was just trying to say that technology has increased to the point where the government can almost hear what we're thinking so

working with a digital sound recording should be easy.

[NutmegYankee]

21. Based on the leg wound, it had lost all energy and was right at the skin level.

It just got knocked out or pulled out as a wound was bandaged. Probably has happened many times to many different people.

[qazplm]

8. so given the short pause between the two

it strikes me this is consistent with him being shot while running away, turning around, hands up, don't shoot me, gets shot some more.

[conservaphobe]

12. Lopa Blumenthal is the lawyer of the person who recorded this.

She contacted CNN, not him.

She seems like a person who would not release this without due diligence.

[HipChick]

14. Waiting for the facts crew?

why?

It's known that cops have been murdering black males in the country..Fuck that these poor mothers have to be burying their sons,

[dilby]

18. Doesn't matter the police report is blank so they can say whatever they want happened.

Cops have the ability to change their story however they please since there is no written documentation on what happened that day. They have witnesses but those witnesses are black so their testimony means nothing to the cops and this recording I am sure will be labeled as questionable by the investigation.

Even if they say the recording is in fact the shots fired by the cop the cop can just modify his story to match the recording.

[BronxBoy]

19. I'm getting old....

Didn't the media use to vette stuff BEFORE they put it on the air??

[boston bean]

20. No matter how many times I listen, I hear 10 shots...

still WTF??? The pause seems to confirm what witnesses have stated...