TRICKS OF THE MEDIA: Both Dorian Johnson and Darren Wilson say that there was a scuffle at the police car. Both say the gun was fired at the car. Yet CNN reports that the gunshot wounds and blood evidence give credence and support to Wilsons testimony. Both tell a story of a scuffle yet the evidence only supports Wilsons side. They are preparing to make Wilson innocent in the court of public opinion. These are direct quotes from the CNN story. 1. Dorian Johnson, who was walking with Brown on a street when the shooting occurred, told CNN that the officer pulled up and told them to get on a sidewalk. They told him they were almost home and would be off the street shortly. Still in his car, the officer grabbed Brown by his neck, but he tried to pull away as the officer pulled him toward him, Johnson said. The officer drew his weapon and fired, hitting Brown, Johnson said. A bloodied Brown took off running, but the officer followed him and fired, according to Johnson. Brown turned around with his hands up and told the officer he was unarmed, but the officer fired and the teen hit the ground, Johnson said. 2. Michael Browns gunshot wounds included a shot in the hand at close range, his official autopsy shows, according to an analysis reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A county official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN the autopsy document that the Post-Dispatch used to do its report is authentic. The detail could lend credence to Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilsons account that he and the unarmed African-American teenager scuffled at his patrol car before Brown was shot and killed. 3. At least one of the wounds Brown suffered is consistent with a struggle and appeared to have been inflicted at close range, according to a different source with first-hand knowledge of the investigation. That tends to support any testimony that there was some kind of scuffle in the police car, CNN legal analyst Danny Cevallos said. And if so, that tends to support Officer Wilsons testimony and his justification for using deadly force. cnn/2014/10/22/justice/ferguson-michael-brown-autopsy/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:03:59 +0000
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