Posted on 08/15/2014 12:23:23 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Via Mediaite, a reminder that no modern tragedy can escape Truther-ization. One woman in the clip, speculating on why the cops waited to release the surveillance footage, says, “It took so long for them to do that because they Photoshopped him.” That’s how cognitive dissonance works in the digital age. In fact, the basic argument made to Don Lemon here seems to be, “It wasn’t him, and even if it was, you’re smearing him, and even if you aren’t, he deserved a jury trial, not summary execution by cop.” The shooting must have been unjustified; take whatever logical path you need to in order to arrive at that conclusion. And needless to say, there are people on the other side following the opposite “logic.”
The woman in the hat is more interesting because she claims the man in the surveillance video was wearing different clothes than Michael Brown was when he was shot. Don Lemon doesn’t ask her how she knows that but I’ve seen that same point made on Twitter today — supposedly, the guy in the clip is wearing shorts and sandals whereas the photo of Michael Brown lying dead on the ground shows him wearing khaki pants and sneakers. I’m not going to link that photo but I’ve seen it and it’s pretty clearly the same clothes. Brown’s shorts were long (as you can see in the surveillance video) and appear to have slipped down a bit sometime before he died; the angle of the photo makes it look as though they run almost to his ankle. That’s probably where the “pants” idea is coming from. The sneakers/sandals confusion is likely due to how his sneakers look in some of the stills from the surveillance video. If you only saw the two images on the right-hand side here, the shadows and cross-wise bands might make you think Brown was wearing something with straps and no heel. The actual footage makes clear that they’re sneakers. And although there’s no Cardinals cap on Brown in the death photo, as there is on the man in the video, there was a Cardinals cap on the ground at the crime scene. There’s a photo of it in the gallery here. But needless to say, none of this will convince anyone who’s invested in a conspiracy theory.
There is one good point made here, though. Ed made it himself in a post this morning. Why’d it take the cops days to accuse Brown of a robbery and to release the footage? The narrative from the beginning was that a rogue cop decided to hassle two black teens who were minding their own business for no reason, then shot one of them in cold blood. If you accepted the first part of that narrative, the second part was easier to swallow. Go figure that a man looking for a fight might be quick to anger with deadly force. But Wilson apparently wasn’t looking for a fight and the PD knew it. He was looking for a robbery suspect. Why didn’t the PD emphasize that sooner?
So they are admitting that Brown was a robber but hey that’s all good..but now it turns out that the officer in question didnt even know that Brown was a suspect at the time
They probably have some red tape to go through before they can release certain things. Also, the owner’s store was destroyed, that may have factored into it in some way.
But Brown didn't know that the officer didn't know...
” whereas the photo of Michael Brown lying dead on the ground shows him wearing khaki pants and sneakers.”
It looks like pants because the shorts are down below his rear.
They had to wait for King Putt.
No way he didn’t know.
Where’d you here that? I thought it was a different store?
Here lies good Saint Michael Brown
His time wuz up
But his pants wuz down.
KnowwhatImsaytin?
Criminals always have the upper hand knowing if they are a criminal or not and can plan accordingly before police may find out.
This is true..and there was an altercation in the police car..I think its funny the media keeps on calling this thug a “Teen” he was 18 yrs old thats an adult..and he was 290 pounds that’s no big that’s a lard ass..apparently Brown wasn’t a fan of Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” program
Yes but Brown knew he was a suspect at the time and this likely caused him to act in an aggressive manner towards the policeman.
No doubt that the dead guy in the street is the same guy in the surveillance video. The shoes are identical.
Yet, picture of the body in the street show no signs of gun-shot wounds to the back.
Were they Bruno Magli shoes?
Same old tired conspiracy theorizing.
Let me guess.. it’s all part of “da plan.”
And it wasn’t a simple theft. It was strongarm robbery just like knocking an old lady down and taking her purse.
If the store owner had been armed he would have been justified in putting some rounds into Jumbo Thug.
I guess there must be dozens of 6foot 4, 290 lb kids in the area huh?
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