Quote:The Day Ferguson Cops Were Caught in a Bloody Lie
Michael Brown autopsy, officer's account indicate
teen went for Ferguson cop’s gun, had marijuana in his system:
'Hands up, don’t shoot' protesters have it wrong, an independent review
of Michael Brown’s autopsy reportedly shows. Nearly three months after
unrest began in Ferguson, Mo., medical results point to a close-range
struggle between the black teen and Officer Darren Wilson.
BY JASON MOLINET
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, October 22, 2014, 3:18 AM
Michael Brown was shot to death in a confrontation with police on Aug. 9.
Ferguson Police Officer Darren WIlson's account of the confrontation
in which Michael Brown was fatally shot has reportedly been leaked,
with an independent medical examiner's report backing up his version
of events.
Brown had marijuana in his system and was shot at close range
in the hand, backing up claims by a police officer that that there
was a violent struggle between the Ferguson, Mo. teen and the cop,
an independent medical examiner told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The report supports Wilson's account, given after he shot and killed
the 18-year-old on Aug. 9. Witnesses claimed the teen was surrendering
when the cop fired. Police maintained Wilson only used his gun after
Brown tried to take it – a life-and-death fight inside a police SUV.
A source familiar with Wilson’s version of events, as told to investigators,
said the 'incredibly strong' teen punched Wilson and then pressed
the barrel of the cop’s gun against the officer’s hip and fought for
control of the trigger, the Post-Dispatch said.
Once Wilson finally had the gun, he fired, but Brown’s hand blocked
the mechanism, according to the St. Louis newspaper.
The unarmed teen was killed by a Ferguson police officer on Aug. 9.
Wilson eventually got two shots off, striking Brown in the hand.
He ran off, then regrouped and charged the officer; setting up the
final fatal confrontation, according to Wilson’s leaked statement.
Separately, St. Louis medical examiner Dr. Michael Graham – not part
of the official investigation – reviewed the autopsy report on Tuesday
and told the Post-Dispatch its finding “does support that there was
a significant altercation at the car.”
A forensic pathologist in San Francisco, Dr. Judy Melinek, said the autopsy
“supports the fact that this guy is reaching for the gun, if he has
gunpowder particulate material in the wound.”
Brown’s blood was found on Wilson’s gun, according to the Post-Dispatch.
Melinek also said Brown was facing the officer, not running away,
when he was shot twice in the head, twice more in the chest and
once in the upper right arm, according to the Post-Dispatch.
A St. Louis County grand jury will decide if Wilson will be charged
in the shooting.
The shooting stirred three months of unrest in the St. Louis area and
gave rise to a popular chant among protesters: “Hands up, don’t shoot.”
Turns out, that may not be true at all.
The report supports the account given by Ferguson Police Officer
Darren Wilson, who shot and killed Brown.
Wilson’s account of the messy shooting was revealed for the first time
Tuesday by the Post-Dispatch, which alleges the officer stopped the teen on
a Ferguson street after realizing he matched a radio alert of a robbery suspect.
That runs counter to Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson’s assertion
in August that the stop had nothing to do with the heist.
Video showed Brown stealing a $48.99 box of cigars from a
convenience store in a strong arm robbery.