Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Ferguson police say Michael Brown fit description of strong-arm robbery suspect
FOX NEWS ^ | August 15, 2014

Posted on 08/15/2014 7:19:37 AM PDT by McGruff

Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was fatally shot by a police officer in a St. Louis suburb, fit the description of a strong-arm robbery suspect that police were responding to the night he was shot, the Ferguson police chief said at a Friday press conference.

Police have said Brown was shot after an officer encountered him and another man on the street. They say one of the men pushed the officer into his squad car, then physically assaulted him in the vehicle and struggled with the officer over the officer's weapon. At least one shot was fired inside the car before the struggle spilled onto the street, where Brown was shot multiple times, according to police

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: crime; ferguson; gentlegiant; thug
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 181-200201-220221-240 ... 321-324 next last
To: ExTxMarine

Likely he went to his knees once the bullets hit. I expect he collapsed to his knees on the way down.

What kind of witnesses are there though? More types like his co-burglar? Or maybe some enterprising types who hope to sell their stories to a news network - maybe get a new free outfit and hair-do before going on camera?


201 posted on 08/15/2014 8:46:29 AM PDT by Ladysforest
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 88 | View Replies]

To: All

This is the Ferguson Police Department report that names Michael Brown as a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that occurred minutes before the teenager was shot dead last Saturday by an officer who had confronted him and a friend as they walked in the street.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/750x970/documents/1michaelbrown1.jpg


202 posted on 08/15/2014 8:46:36 AM PDT by McGruff (You can lead a human to knowledge but you can't make him think)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dennisw

I’m almost 60 years old and still use the “comical” instigator of “Let’s fire up this blunt!” among friends.

Yes, I get a few quizzical looks but, for the most part, I get chuckles.

EYE-IZ a child of the 70’s!


203 posted on 08/15/2014 8:47:50 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alteration: The acronym explains the science.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 187 | View Replies]

To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Michiel Brown...


204 posted on 08/15/2014 8:48:16 AM PDT by caww
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 107 | View Replies]

To: All

Expect the MSM to be in full cover your @ss mode from now on. Thank Al Gore for inventing the Internet.


205 posted on 08/15/2014 8:48:55 AM PDT by McGruff (You can lead a human to knowledge but you can't make him think)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 202 | View Replies]

To: cripplecreek
The sad thing is that FOX admitted that they have been aware of the possible connection to this robbery all along.

And why I can't understand the support of the FOX network by so many conservatives. IMO, they're just as bad as the others - worse, in fact, as they claim to be "fair & balanced."

Best news comes from right here on FReep, inluding and especially from the comment threads.

But you knew that.

206 posted on 08/15/2014 8:49:23 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Given enough coffee...I could rule the world!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Bon of Babble

Looks like the shop where the store clerk worked was one of the first targets for the rioters (!).

Smacks of revenge, or perhaps an attempt to destroy the camera evidence.


207 posted on 08/15/2014 8:50:02 AM PDT by agere_contra (Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 200 | View Replies]

To: sweetiepiezer
Darren Wilson...police officer who shot Brown....seen here as Pres. of the Ethical Society of Police...Wilson, a six-year veteran of the Ferguson police, has no disciplinary record, according to Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson at a news conference Friday morning.


208 posted on 08/15/2014 8:53:27 AM PDT by caww
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 175 | View Replies]

To: MrB

Even if he didn’t have a gun, he was “armed” - with his fists, feet and his sheer size.

The clerk being intimidated in those photos looks terrified - too bad HE didn’t have a gun - there’s a reason Col. Colt called it the “equalizer.”


209 posted on 08/15/2014 8:53:54 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Given enough coffee...I could rule the world!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: caww

That is a different Darren Wilson.

Easy mistake to make, but apparently its a different guy.


210 posted on 08/15/2014 8:54:20 AM PDT by agere_contra (Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 208 | View Replies]

To: Bon of Babble

Just rubbing the MSM’s faces in their “unarmed” meme.


211 posted on 08/15/2014 8:55:29 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 209 | View Replies]

To: caww

True.


212 posted on 08/15/2014 8:55:43 AM PDT by defconw (Both parties have clearly lost their minds!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 193 | View Replies]

To: KneelBeforeZod
I heard he was stopped for matching a shoplifting suspect....but what I heard was candy.

He was carrying candy, just trying to get home to watch WWE - the same way Trayvon, an innocent child, was just carrying skittles and Arizona Watermelon Tea (or whatever it was) minding his own business when he was gunned down for racial reasons by a raging lunatic.

The media will spin it that he was an innocent child with candy. Appears they're already covering up the truth. Jerks.

213 posted on 08/15/2014 8:57:47 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Given enough coffee...I could rule the world!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: agere_contra

Are you certain?....let’s find a picture of the guy if that isn’t him...????


214 posted on 08/15/2014 8:57:54 AM PDT by caww
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 210 | View Replies]

To: caww
Darren Wilson...police officer who shot Brown....

Hold on caww, please. Am on 'if' here and so are many others. This post maybe is wrong. It will be known soon enough but one of our posts is wrong ... Mine or Yours.

215 posted on 08/15/2014 8:58:04 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 208 | View Replies]

To: Red_Devil 232

This case will crumble even more once they show images of the shooting officers face. He could have had his bell rung and not have known he was shooting or was blinded by blood in his eyes or there could be other factors. This is why it is stupid to jump to conclusions.

I heard the adult “kid’s” (he is 18) family lawyer on Hannity’s radio show yesterday. You could tell that he knew there was more to the story.

Another dead thug???


216 posted on 08/15/2014 8:59:21 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (NO MORE IRS!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 101 | View Replies]

To: caww

I just saw this

http://twitchy.com/2014/08/15/st-louis-police-org-no-thats-not-the-darren-wilson-who-shot-michael-brown-photo/

Apparently the Ethical Society of Police say he’s not the guy who shot Brown.

Not absolute I know.


217 posted on 08/15/2014 9:00:05 AM PDT by agere_contra (Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 214 | View Replies]

To: dennisw

***looks Pakistani with thinning hair. How can he be a racist***

150 years ago People of India were called n**gers by the British.


218 posted on 08/15/2014 9:01:11 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (SOUL BROTHER! This house is not armed! (Signs people thought would protect them in the 1960s))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 181 | View Replies]

To: greene66
Thread winner. There was FAR more to this story than the media reported - we knew it from the first day. Looks like that "innocent child" and "gentle giant" who was gunned down by a racist policeman was a thug armed robber.


219 posted on 08/15/2014 9:01:21 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Given enough coffee...I could rule the world!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: sweetiepiezer

STL post dispatch said this is not the same officer from Ferguson.


220 posted on 08/15/2014 9:03:26 AM PDT by deadmenvote
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 175 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 181-200201-220221-240 ... 321-324 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson