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Originally Posted by nik-
Was it even mentioned on the dispatch recordings? Because I legitimately couldn't find any reference to it. So in terms of it being a factor in this, I'm pretty damn skeptical. Why did it take days for this robbery information to be released if that's what the cop was responding to? If it legitimately was the reason the cop was interacting with them, that would have immediately been relayed. They wouldn't hold back such an important piece of information that would shine a more positive light on their side. The kid obviously wasn't an angel, but this smells like character assassination after the fact.
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From my understanding the officer was just responding to the robbery when he saw Michael Brown being disrupted in the streets. He was not aware that this was the man who had just robbed the store. It's murky as sometimes the story gets told differently.
So again, from the last thing I read the officer didn't know about Michael Brown and the robbery. But it's about Michael Brown's state of mind here. He did just commit a robbery and he decided the first thing to do was run out in the middle of the street and draw attention to himself. When a cop shows up, what else was he willing to do that many would not see as normal? Go for the gun?