On 2014-10-22 21:30:46 +0000, MNMikew said:
'Shaun King from The Daily Kos pointed out on Wednesday that within the
autopsy is an overlooked gem of evidence: an initial statement given by
St. Louis County Police Department’s Detective Patrick J. Hokamp from
Wilson’s perspective.
The statement reads:
The deceased and another individual were walking down the middle of the
Canfield. Officer D. WILSON DSN-609, of the Ferguson Police Department
observed the two individuals, he requested that they get out of the
roadway.
The deceased became belligerent towards Officer WILSON. As Officer
WILSON attempted to exit out of his patrol vehicle the deceased pushed
his door shut and began to struggle with Officer WILSON, during the
struggle the Officers weapon was un-holstered. The weapon discharged
during the struggle.
The deceased then ran down the roadway. Officer WILSON then began to
chase the deceased. As he was giving chase to the deceased, the
deceased turned around and ran towards Officer WILSON. Officer WILSON
had his service weapon drawn, as the deceased began to run towards him,
he discharged his service weapon several times.
King points out four major discrepancies between the report above and
Wilson’s alleged testimony, also published by the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Wilson claimed that he recognized Johnson’s clothing from a radio alert
about a suspected robbery; he claimed that he placed his SUV in park;
he claimed that Brown punched him in the face until he was nearly
unconscious, and he later said that he fired at Brown twice from the
car.
“It’s easy to understand, when comparing the discrepancies between the
account of Detective Hokamp on the scene that day and the alleged
account of Darren Wilson months later, why concerned citizens would
think Wilson injected key details later to aid in his own defense,”
writes King. “Ultimately, the report from Detective Hokamp raises just
as many questions as it gives answers about exactly what happened
between Darren Wilson and Mike Brown.”'
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So let's sum up:
Intially, Officer Wilson claims only that he interacted with Michael
Brown and Johnson were in the middle of the road. Only in his grand
jury testimony does he suddenly remember that it was because he
supposedly recognized Brown's clothing from a radio alert.
Odd.
Initially, Wilson claims there was a struggle and that his gun
discharged during that struggle and never once mentions that Brown
"went for his gun", but in his grand jury testimony, he suddenly
remembers having been beaten "nearly" unconscious, and suddenly he
fired from the car after Brown started to flee.
Weird.
So with a record of straight-forward honesty such as that, we should
believe that Brown was running at him in the face of multiple eye
witness testimony to the contrary?