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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

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: crime; ferguson; gentlegiant; thug
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To: camle

“if the kid had his hands up and was surrendering”

Who reported that? His co-robber, Dorian Johnson?


81 posted on 08/15/2014 7:45:01 AM PDT by greatvikingone
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To: McGruff

Need big bullets for big targets.


82 posted on 08/15/2014 7:45:57 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: McGruff

So was he the guy that robbed someone or not? I can’t tell by this article...maybe I missed it.


83 posted on 08/15/2014 7:46:09 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: cripplecreek

Further proof that Faux News sucks.


84 posted on 08/15/2014 7:46:57 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

85 posted on 08/15/2014 7:47:00 AM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (Settled science.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Maybe the cop was just pissed — and shot him anyway.


86 posted on 08/15/2014 7:47:19 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BunnySlippers
Do you know what happened after the policeman and Michael scuffled?

I know. Michael died..

87 posted on 08/15/2014 7:47:31 AM PDT by Thommas (The snout of the camel is in the tent..)
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To: Ladysforest
What I am struck by in this “witness statement” is the claim that the officer grabbed the GIANT ENORMOUS kids neck and tried to PULL him into the patrol car.

I had not heard that Michael Brown was 6' 4", 290#, until today. But, with that information, there is simply NO DAMN WAY that the witnesses version would or could be true! Hell, at 6' 4" tall, the cop wouldn't even be able to REACH Brown's neck while seated in the car!

More importantly, no cop - NO COP - would ever get into a voluntary, physical confrontation from a seated position, ESPECIALLY if there was more than one suspect involved. He would be already be at a distinct disadvantage while seated, with limited movement and the other suspect would be free to move around the car and get involved.

This new information simply blows the originally reported incident OUT OF THE WATER! PERIOD!

Since I have no doubt that Brown attacked the officer inside his car, once the cop was out of the car, ANY UNAUTHORIZED movements by Brown would have been enough for the officer to fear for his life and react accordingly.

With that being said, if Brown had his hands in the air and was on his knees and was succumbing to the officers' demands, and the cop simply executed him...then the cop needs to be arrested and prosecuted for MURDER!
88 posted on 08/15/2014 7:47:43 AM PDT by ExTxMarine (PRAYER: It's the only HOPE for real CHANGE in America!)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

“Just saw the pictures. The guy is a giant pushing around the store owner. Looks like Brown is a scumbag.”

OK, I just looked at the robbery pictures again, along with another photo of Brown, the exact same hat and clothes. It IS the same person!


89 posted on 08/15/2014 7:48:46 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
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To: for-q-clinton

The guy in the street dead and the guy robbing the store are either 2 different guys who look just alike and dress just alike and are the same color and stature. ...or they are the exact same person. Odds are on the latter


90 posted on 08/15/2014 7:49:25 AM PDT by 4everontheRight (And the story began with..."Once there was a great nation......")
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To: greatvikingone

so now he had a co-robber!

how quickly we buy into the ‘he’s black so he must be a thug’ story...

a co-robber? really?? apparently he had several co-robbers because those who were there tell similar stories.

which also may or may not be true, but the facts are not out there yet, and i have no more reason to believe the ‘police’ than the civilians.


91 posted on 08/15/2014 7:49:30 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: skeeter

they’ll NEVER EVER learn skeeter. It’s a deficiency.

How many Duke Lacrosses, Lil Trayvons and now Bad Bad Leroy Mike Browns have to happen before folks realize the ghetto and 95% of all Media are scumbag liars.


92 posted on 08/15/2014 7:50:03 AM PDT by roofgoat
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To: dfwgator

Now the news is saying the police dept. bungled this case the whole way -— but they have been doing their job while the media set up a false narrative. [:headwall:]


93 posted on 08/15/2014 7:50:10 AM PDT by greatvikingone
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To: cripplecreek

I know why Fox withheld the information. (BTW, I don’t watch Fox anymore)

However, the length of time for this latest bit of information to come out is too long.

In the meantime, they (the media reporting) are partially guilty of days of the rioting / looting in Ferguson.


94 posted on 08/15/2014 7:50:26 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: McGruff

I’d be wary of anyone’s account of the incident at this time, including the cop’s.

I’ll wait for the evidence to come out.


95 posted on 08/15/2014 7:50:27 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: McGruff

Since, undoubtedly, the Police have had this information all along, it kind of makes me sad the State Police did not have a longer opportunity to survey the protesters to find more of the bad guys but hey, most of the bad guys are known as is the case from their past. But can hear al sharptongue saying, ‘dang, get me out of town!’ and Jessie saying, ‘Whew I didn’t go there!’


96 posted on 08/15/2014 7:50:36 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: maggief
Very helpful comparison, thanks.

Same huge B/m, same clothes, same - oh my - are those gladiator sandals?

97 posted on 08/15/2014 7:51:34 AM PDT by agere_contra (Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.)
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To: cripplecreek

I do not blame Fox. The rest of the media just bought the story of the crowd and kept up the what an angel the kid was. Cops do not take their pistols from the holster for no reason.


98 posted on 08/15/2014 7:51:37 AM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: maggief

Wow! Looks like the same clothes and sneakers....
The media is going to need a faster spin-cycle for this one..


99 posted on 08/15/2014 7:51:38 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: caww
The black community is pushing hard ....”Don’t shoot..and Hands up”......so even if he did the robbery they’ll came he had surrendered. The Attorney’s PR machine is also pushing it with the community.

And watch the media comply with this narrative shift! They are pushing this story and the only way to keep it moving and hopefully helping the Democrats in November, is to keep it in the public eye. Forensics should be able to tell if Brown was standing or kneeling!

So watch the media to quickly start worrying, NOT ABOUT THE ROBBERY NOR THE LAWFUL STOP, but about the supposed "Don't shoot" and "hands up" narrative!
100 posted on 08/15/2014 7:52:12 AM PDT by ExTxMarine (PRAYER: It's the only HOPE for real CHANGE in America!)
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