re: DOJ reportedly asked Ferguson cops not to release robbery video

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The video constituted CHARACTER REVELATION.

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Thank you - I have been waiting for someone to make this assessment.

All that is being assassinated is the false narrative about the "sweet young child, on his knees pleading for his life before that evil racist white storm-trooper shot him in cold blood."

There is no doubt in my mind that the robbery was a seminal event in the shooting - whether the cop knew the details or not. Brown certainly knew that he had robbed a store and strong-armed the clerk just moments before and must have suspected he was being detained for that offense. Hence his attitude and actions to either intimidate the officer or over-power him to get away.

While this may be an example of over-zealous law enforcement, the overwhelming blame for this tragedy rests with the criminal.