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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Actually there was. One person called into a radio show, so take that for what it's worth but I believe was adamant that there would be no shots in the back. While another person can be heard in a video (the one that shows the body) telling another individual that Michael just kept charging (also in the video you can hear people say he was shot in the back/surrending) so take that for what it's worth too. But you would think the police would have mentioned it if Michael Brown was charging at the officer so something still doesn't add up
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I think what you have is a pretty inept police department when it comes to PR and procedures. They are still going to be in the midst of an investigation and normally they aren't going to say anything at all. In this case given what is happening they should likely be more forthcoming and they have been compared to normal cases.
Unfortunately the ineptness of the department has resulted in the unnecessary convolution of the situation. Had they simply stuck to the facts it would have helped. Instead they created the whole the officer was looking for him because of the cigar theft storyline which, intentionally or not, cast the kid as a hooligan. He might well have been but it had no bearing on why the officer talked to him and instead made it seem like they department was circling the wagons (which they may have been). Lack of transparency and sticking to the facts made a debacle of the situation.
In all likelihood it was a "good" shooting as they usually are. But the department created the debacle following the incident (and it started by not covering the body and letting it lay there for hours).
The populace itself of course hasn't helped and since the first minute has been emphasizing white cop, black youth. Now if they have some information on this cop that he was known to harass black youth then I can see that, but I haven't seen any suggestion of that since the officer was named.