re: LOL, so the eyewitness was in on the robbery too...

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Vital information was readily available.

1. The name of the officer who shot Brown.
2. Whether Brown was a suspect or person of interest in an armed robbery at the time the shooting occurred because Brown met the description.
3. A claim that the officer acted in self-defense.

It shouldn't have taken 6 days to release this information, especially after the public outrage we've seen.

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Agree with the name part.

But I think we don't try to rush things. Imagine if they said he was a suspect in an armed robbery and then "oops that was a different black guy" because they didn't double or triple check their work.

The mayor and police aren't the media; they don't have the luxury pushing out half-baked info and then retracting it later if they are wrong.