Clean up, calm Monday morning after violent night in Ferguson

[J P Sousa]

  * While the NYC ME could not comment on powder burns or residue on Brown's clothing, this is not relevant to the two hits to Brown's head; powder burns/residue from those shots, if any, would have been on Brown's face and the top of his head; there were none, therefore those 2 hits, including the one that was fatal, were not at close range. 

In the news conference, Dr Boden said the "distance" could have been ONE FOOT or thirty feet.



About the officer;

  Wilson, who is on paid administrative leave, won a commendation for 'extraordinary effort in the line of duty' in February, according to NBC's Tom Winter.   

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2725917/Ferguson-police-Officer-Darren-Wilson-cop-shot-dead-unarmed-teenager-Michael-Brown.html

[JohnnyReb]

In the news conference, Dr Boden said the "distance" could have been ONE FOOT or thirty feet.



About the officer;

I read the link......in bold print at the very top it says that officer Wilson didn't know about the robbery or the description of the suspect but then at bottom it says the police put out a description at 11:52 and Brown was shot at 12:01.

Then in the pictures below there it shows a red cap near the door of officer Wilson's vehicle which to me coincides with the statement of a fight or scuffle at or near the police vehicle and a ways from the body of Brown which is consistent with the officer giving chase and the victim turning on him.

Wonder if Brown had a football scholarship, his smug/thug behavior and "I can do anything I want" attitude is like a lot of those always in trouble players. 

[JohnnyReb]

Fan them flames, throw on the gas, use this crisis........

http://news.msn.com/us/obama-sending-attorney-general-holder-to-missouri

[DumbAss Tanker]

If there was any justice, he'd get robbed and beaten down by the homies.

[JohnnyReb]

If there was any justice, he'd get robbed and beaten down by the homies.

I'd be so heart broken if that happened. ....not.

The homies would see the uppity N-word as a profitable target.

[Ptarmigan]

County investigation: Michael Brown was shot from the front, had marijuana in his system
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/18/county-investigation-michael-brown-was-shot-from-the-front-had-marijuana-in-his-system/

Michael Brown was shot in the head and chest multiple times, according to Mary Case, the St. Louis County medical examiner.

While Case declined to comment further, citing the ongoing investigation into Brown’s death, another person familiar with the county’s investigation told The Washington Post that Brown had between six and eight gunshot wounds and was shot from the front.

In addition, Brown had marijuana in his system when he was shot and killed by a police officer on Aug. 9 in Ferguson, according to this person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation.

Michael Brown had marijuana in his system. Wonder if it made him more aggressive.

[Ptarmigan]

I read the link......in bold print at the very top it says that officer Wilson didn't know about the robbery or the description of the suspect but then at bottom it says the police put out a description at 11:52 and Brown was shot at 12:01.

Then in the pictures below there it shows a red cap near the door of officer Wilson's vehicle which to me coincides with the statement of a fight or scuffle at or near the police vehicle and a ways from the body of Brown which is consistent with the officer giving chase and the victim turning on him.

Wonder if Brown had a football scholarship, his smug/thug behavior and "I can do anything I want" attitude is like a lot of those always in trouble players. 

He never had a football or any athletic scholarship. However, his friends got athletic scholarship.

Michael Brown remembered as a 'gentle giant'
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/michael-brown-remembered-as-a-gentle-giant/article_cbafa12e-7305-5fd7-8e0e-3139f472d130.html

Sports Illustrated Special Report: The Dirty Game
http://www.si.com/football/2013/09/10/oklahoma-state-special-report-archive

An article about Oklahoma State University football players who get scholarships and their outcome. It is bleak. It is a long read, so give maybe several hours reading it.

[Dori]

Michael Brown had marijuana in his system. Wonder if it made him more aggressive.

I've never used MJ, but I've read that today it is not like it used to be.  There are all kinds of it, some laced with other things, even a synthetic form of THC to enhance the effects.

There have been several medical and psyche reports lately, about how chronic use in kids can really mess with their brains.

It will probably take weeks to get the full results on his drug use, if there is any.

He was an aspiring rapper; the usual gangs, drugs, hos, murder stuff.

http://clashdaily.com/2014/08/gentle-giant-mike-browns-explicit-rap-songs-praising-drugs-drinking-hos-murder/

[Tess Anderson]

I'd be surprised if it wasn't more than just MJ in his system.



such a gentle giant of a teen.

[thundley4]

I'd be surprised if it wasn't more than just MJ in his system.



such a gentle giant of a teen.

I'm not sure where they got the info about marijuana, though.  During the press conference today, Dr. Baden said that the tox screen wasn't complete yet.

[J P Sousa]

The Obama old saw, "the police acted stupidly" sounds like a future conclusion by the DOJ.

.

[Fourwinds]

Why did I get the mental image of Emperor Palpatine deploying Darth Vader?

[Dori]

I'm not sure where they got the info about marijuana, though.  During the press conference today, Dr. Baden said that the tox screen wasn't complete yet.

It was leaked to the press by someone from county where the tests were done.

[HawkHogan]

https://twitter.com/HawkHogan2012/status/501555020375293952

Check out that screenshot I took off the Ferguson rally.  "ISIS is here" sign.

[Chris_]

https://twitter.com/HawkHogan2012/status/501555020375293952

Check out that screenshot I took off the Ferguson rally.  "ISIS is here" sign.

Wow. 

[Ptarmigan]

Ferguson protesters: The peaceful, the elders, the looters, and the ‘militants’
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ferguson-protesters-the-peaceful-the-elders-the-looters-and-the-militants/2014/08/18/d6be1262-26f3-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html

FERGUSON, Mo. — On one corner of a battered stretch of West Florissant Avenue, the epicenter of ongoing protests, young men pull dark scarves up over their mouths and lob molotov cocktails at police from behind makeshift barricades built of bricks and wood planks. They call the gasoline-filled bottles “poor man’s bombs.”

The young men yell expletives and, with a rebel’s bravado, speak about securing justice for Michael Brown, the black teen fatally shot Aug. 9 by a white police officer, “by any means necessary.”

They are known here as “the militants” — a faction inhabiting the hard-core end of a spectrum that includes online organizers and opportunistic looters — and their numbers have been growing with the severity of their tactics since the shooting.

Radicals among the protesters. I am not surprised. They want to cause trouble.


DOJ, Communists, New Black Panthers Hijack Ferguson Protests
http://www.infowars.com/doj-communists-new-black-panthers-hijack-ferguson-protests/

[Ptarmigan]

WTOP-Live Blog
http://liveblog.wtop.com/Event/Twitter_coverage_from_reporters_officials_in_Ferguson

stevegiegerich
@stevegiegerich
Pastors in street arms locked trying to restore peace. #MichaelBrown #Ferguson @stltoday

Valerie Schremp Hahn
@valeriehahn
County police armored vehicle just drove through street, crowd cleared. Now high pitched alarm again. People holding back from line of polic

Ken Leiser
@kenleiser
Police use high pitch oscillating siren as officers in riot gear on standoff with protesters. #Ferguson

Ken Leiser
@kenleiser
Police use high pitch oscillating siren as officers in riot gear on standoff with protesters. #Ferguson

[Ptarmigan]

Christine Byersï‚™
Verified account
@ChristineDByers

Police sources tell me more than a dozen witnesses have corroborated cop's version of events in shooting #Ferguson

https://twitter.com/ChristineDByers/status/501556693382094848

[JohnnyReb]

No comment but will say the DUmmies are doing over time responding.

[Ptarmigan]

PROTESTERS STORM GOVERNOR’S ST. LOUIS OFFICE – Demand Removal of National Guard in #Ferguson
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/08/protesters-storm-governors-st-louis-office-demand-removal-of-national-guard-in-ferguson/

Chris Stanford
@StanfordKMOV
Follow
Protesters march towards Gov Nixon's #StL office chanting "the Nat'l Guard has got to go" #Ferguson
3:58 PM - 18 Aug 2014

Don't want to be those security guards.

Protesters tried to storm Governor Jay Nixon’s office today in downtown St. Louis.

[Ptarmigan]

KTVI FOX Affiliate LIVE Updates: Protesters and the National Guard in Ferguson
http://fox2now.com/2014/08/18/live-updates-protesters-and-the-national-guard-in-ferguson/

Professional protesters from San Diego and Texas from KTVI.

KMOV CBS Affiliate Live Stream
http://www.kmov.com/home/KMOV-Live-Stream-129813793.html

[Chris_]

Is it racist that the security guards are black?  I would commend them for doing a hell of a job in the face of an ugly mob.

[Ptarmigan]

Is it racist that the security guards are black?  I would commend them for doing a hell of a job in the face of an ugly mob.

I would be scared!

[HawkHogan]

Didn't Mark Lamont Hill celebrate the cop killer Chris Dorner?
Why is he still given a soapbox?

[SVPete]

County investigation: Michael Brown was shot from the front, had marijuana in his system
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/18/county-investigation-michael-brown-was-shot-from-the-front-had-marijuana-in-his-system/

Michael Brown had marijuana in his system. Wonder if it made him more aggressive.

It certainly didn't make him smarter! The dude weighed nearly 300 lbs. and, allegedly, tried to rush a police officer.