re: Video of Michael Brown dead in street - WARNING, GRAPHIC

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IDK. Might have been a SUV type vehicle.

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I'm guessing an SUV. Would explain the ability of the officer to grab around the neck area, although I don't know if that's what really happened.

My take is that there was an alteration and Brown tussled with the officer then tried to run away. Probably was hit or heard gunshots so then in a panic raised his arms to surrender but instead of dropping to his knees where he was he ran back to the officer as if to undue the mistake of running away.

Strange behavior, as his friend was clearly not a total thug himself. His friend actually put the blunts that Brown gave him back on the counter. I imagine that the whole day might have been out of character for Michael Brown.

I know that the crime techs have to deal with the scene, but usually there is some attempt to put up a blind or something to block the view. I don't believe that "fiber" evidence comes into play when the cops shoot someone. It's not like it was a mystery who shot him.

Sounds as if you believe Brown was the victim and the cop the aggressor without waiting for all the evidence.

It's your time of the month Katy?

They haven't released the full autopsy report. So we don't know how many times he was shot and what parts of the body. I'll reserve judgment until then.

Ok. I gotcha. There will most assuredly be some new evidence come out that we haven't heard.

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I know that the crime techs have to deal with the scene, but usually there is some attempt to put up a blind or something to block the view. I don't believe that "fiber" evidence comes into play when the cops shoot someone. It's not like it was a mystery who shot him.

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Ideally you never want to add anything to the scene that wasn't there at the time of the shooting (blanket over a body). It is done sometimes as a favor to the family (especially SIDS deaths in a home). It could've been done here and I would not have had a problem due to the amount of onlookers. "Blinds" would also normally be put up to block the view of the body but maybe in this case with it being an officer involved shooting they were trying to be transparent with how the body and evidence around the body was handled, idk.

As far as fibers you would absolutely want to look for fibers and DNA. If the officer's contention is there was a struggle, fibers from his uniform or his DNA on the body of the deceased would validate that. It's not always about finding out who the suspect is but instead proving or disproving their claims.

Wow....there is some serious hostility towards the police in that area. They really should have covered the body sooner, especially when drawing an audience.


So, the officer who shot Brown was driving the Tahoe patrol vehicle with the caution tape tied to the mirror to the left of the person videotaping? Is that what they mean when they say "truck"?

Is Brown aimed toward or away from the police vehicle?

How far away do you think that is? 50 feet? Did they move the police cruiser involved with this before the video was shot?

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That's a lot of grown men and women standing around.

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Shouldn't they be at work?

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I was confused by the eyewitness's use of the word "truck" to describe the police vehicle. Was it a truck, a car, a SUV? Is "truck" some slang for a police car?

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In a recent episode of "The First 48" a couple of witnesses to a shooting kept referring to the suspect's vehicle as a truck. It was a Yukon, or something similar. The detectives never questioned the term.

Based on that, perhaps 'truck' is a slang term for SUV in the black community.

I imagine they are going to have a lot of "eye witnesses" coming forward.

If that one is true, the cop is in trouble. I'm wondering if that police Tahoe in the video is the vehicle in question, and how Brown got so far from it without running away....or how he is turned towards the "truck".