Posted on 08/14/2014 4:59:53 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
Tiffany Mitchell, a woman who says she witnessed a police officer shoot and kill Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, shared her story during an appearance on CNN with her attorney Wednesday night.
Mitchell said she was driving when she saw Brown trying to pull away from an officer as the two were "tussling through a window."
She said she had hoped to get a video because the incident "just didn't look right," but failed to get her camera out in time.
"I didn't know exactly what was going on, but I knew it didn't look right for someone to be wrestling with the police through the police window, but I didn't get a video because a shot was fired through the window, so I tried to get out of the way," Mitchell said.
Mitchell then described what she saw happen between Brown and the police officer.
"As I pull onto the side, the kid, he finally gets away, he starts running. As he runs the police get out of his vehicle and he follows behind him, shooting," Mitchell said.
"And the kid's body jerked as if he was hit from behind, and he turns around and puts his hands up like this, and the cop continued to fire until he just dropped down to the ground and his face just smacks the concrete."
Mitchell clarified she heard a shot after she saw Brown trying to pull away from the cop, and said even after Brown turned to face the cop and put his hands in the air, "the cop continued to come up on him and shoot him until he fell down to the ground."
She said she counted "more than about five or six shots."
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We are a Nation of Laws, at least I hope we still are. Police and Society alike. Otherwise, we are screwed.
Wouldn't you be inclined to take both the 'official' report and the eyewitness reports with a grain of salt at this point?
So what if the may have done so — they did the same for you — sealing your juvie record.
no I have been reading everything I could get my hands on to try to tease out the facts
Name his injuries --
Hmmm...
So I can buy that scenario.
The police man threw his door open into MB then grabbed him
“..forensic evidence...”
You have access...?
We are indeed fortunate to have a mole in the police department.
Post it.
That’s why I was careful to say “a” Michael Brown.
There’s also the issue of sealed juvie records.
not believeable that kid dove through the window
as I have repeatedly said from what I have gleaned, it appears thus far that police snarled at them to get on the effing sidewalk, then backed up angrily to them, grabbed kid through window, kid got away, police got out of vehicle and started shooting
If the cop rode up next to the kid and then slammed his door into him, he’s wrong.
There is no evidence. Only gossip for people to riot over.
I’ve been in an SUV, heck I used to have one. Unless jacked up really high, I as a petite lady, not 6 foot four, would be the right size while standing, for a guy to grab my neck through the window. What still hasn’t been explained to my satisfaction and doesn’t make a hell of a lot of sense, is the ability of a cop sitting in his SUV, window level at lowest point probably just over 4 feet tall, four and a half feet, able to grab the neck of a guy that big (that’s a lot of muscle and the man could use his full, standing, body to brace and pull out of the car), again, to pull a guy that LARGE using only is arm, while sitting, into the window. I would really like that scenario explained to me. It doesn’t make any kind of sense. A smart cop would never even attempt that. The only explanation (as per second witness) for them to be tussling through the window with the cop seated, was if the guy leaned in the window himself. That scenario that the cop pulled using only his arm while twisting in the seat, is implausible to me. Sorry, but that part doesn’t add up. The rest, shooting in the back, multiple times, looks bad and it looks bad that the victim was not immediately hauled off. I’d really like the plausibility of a cop twisting in the seat, dragging a HUGE guy into the window. I think at that point while they were “tussling” (second witness), the guy had leaned into the window himself.
Damn you Sue!!!
I already have — go find it
The flagrant speculation on this matter is starting to really piss me off....I want facts....
According to the cops themselves...
Brown had no record
Brown was unarmed
Brown was attempting to flee
Brown was shot multiple times
These 4 facts Alone scream “bad shoot”....
If the cop did that he’s wrong.
And the cops “version” is that this all started because the perp was walking in the street and did not immediately get on the sidewalk when instructed to? Is that right?
yeah I am with you on the same page
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