Ferguson police bully tactics

[Luddly Neddite]

8211 Ferguson Police Drive Over Michael Brown Memorial After Letting Dog Pee On It

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What happened next, according to several sources, was emblematic of what has inflamed the city of Ferguson, Missouri, ever since the unarmed 18-year-old was gunned down: An officer on the street let the dog he was controlling urinate on the memorial site.

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Soon the candles and flowers had been smashed, after police drove over them.
Source: Mother Jones
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This sort of bullying by Ferguson police might just be business as usual in Ferguson. The Huffington Post reports that for people in Ferguson, “everybody had a bad experience” with the police. Even employees of stores that have been looted understand, at least to a point.

Quincy Qualls, an employee who recently bought a house in nearby Jennings, said that there was “a lot of craziness going on” in the neighborhood after the shooting and that he didn’t see why people were taking it out on businesses where others from the community worked. But he knew the issues that people have had with police.

“Everybody had a bad experience,” said Qualls. “It’s kinda one of those things, you know. I guess if you don’t look like you’re from the area, they wanna find out who you are. Sometimes they do go a little too far with some issues that you feel like it’s unnecessary. But, you know, I guess it’s part of their job, and they gotta do what they gotta do, and if you cooperate, make the process a whole lot faster.”

 

[Luddly Neddite]

8211 FBI Obtains New Audio Of Ferguson Shooting Darren Wilson Should Be Worried VIDEO

The FBI will now be looking into whether it can independently verify what is being heard on the tape. Should the recording prove to be authentic – and we have no reason to think it shouldn’t be – then it may open up a new series of questions for Officer Darren Wilson to explain.

According to the Ferguson Police Department’s account of what happened, Brown was charging at Wilson and the officer consequently opened fire in fear for his safety. The recording seems to tell a slightly different story. The first seven shots are heard in quick succession. Because given the autopsy report we know only five of the 11 shots fire missed Brown, at least some of those had to have hit the teen. The next four shots came after an definite pause. Whether Brown had originally been charging or running away, it suggests he was no longer a threat. Why else would Wilson stop shooting? The next four shots – likely at least one of those being the fatal shot to the top of the head – came at a much more leisurely pace – hardly what you would expect if the officer’s life was in danger.
The Ferguson resident’s lawyer seemed to come to the same conclusion many others had: The pause is suspect.

“I was very concerned about that pause … because it’s not just the number of gunshots, it’s how they’re fired,” the man’s attorney, Lopa Blumenthal, told CNN’s Don Lemon. “And that has a huge relevance on how this case might finally end up.”

Another attorney told CNN that he was astonished by the new recording.

“It’s the pause that gives most concern in a police shooting, especially with an unarmed victim, because at this point Mr. Brown is defenseless — he has no weapon.”

He might also have mentioned that Brown was also certainly wounded. Again, it is mathematically impossible for Brown not to have been shot at least a few times in the first barrage of bullets. By the time of the pause, Wilson was facing a wounded, unarmed teen. He fired anyway.​

Hear the recording at the link.

 

[Spoonman]

so now thugs get memorials? idk, so far any witnesses supporting Michael brown have been proven to be anything but credible

 

[Toronado3800]

Luddy son, you just were not here after that first Sunday night of looting and rioting. It could not be allowed to get more out of control. They ended up costing the community millions of dollars. Almost on par with a good real estate scandal lol.

 

[Tank]

Another made up story

 

[whitehall]

Bully tactics? Didn't you see the video of Brown stealing from a store and using his substantial bulk to push the owner aside?

 

[ScienceRocks]

I guess even attempting policing within a black area = bullying.

Violence and gang culture is part of being black!

So what should the police do when businesses are being trashed??? Let it happen.