This vid clip captures the discussion of an eyewitness to the shooting explaining to his friends what he saw occur leading up to and including the moments that Michael Brown was shot.
Now I am not going to take sides on this issue, but this eye witness description of the events is far different than those we have so far heard coming out of Ferguson.
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@6:28/6:29 of video
#1 Howd he get from there to there?
#2 Because he ran, the police was still in the truck cause he was like over the truck
{crosstalk}
#2 But him and the police was both in the truck, then he ran the police got out and ran after him
{crosstalk}
#2 Then the next thing I know he doubled back toward him cus - the police had his gun drawn already on him
(there is dispute here whether he says "doubled back" or "coming back." )
#1. Oh, the police got his gun
#2 The police kept dumpin on him, and Im thinking the police kept missing he like be like but he kept coming toward him
{crosstalk}
#2 Police fired shots the next thing I know the police was missing
#1 The Police?
#2 The Police shot him
#1 Police?
#2 The next thing I know
Im thinking
the dude started running
(garbled something about he took it from him)
This is terribly important because if Mike Brown had been shot, and he advanced towards the cop instead of surrendering, it would substantiate the narrative that the policeman shot in self-defense due to the fact that he was being threatened with severe bodily harm. This corroborates an account of the event given by a friend of Officer Darren Wilson:
Well, then Michael takes off and gets to be about 35 feet away. And, Darrens first protocol is to pursue. So, he stands up and yells, Freeze! Michael and his friend turn around. And Michael taunts him
And then all the sudden he just started bumrushing him. He just started coming at him full speed. And, so he just started shooting. And, he just kept coming. And, so he really thinks he was on something.
Its far too unlikely that these two accounts are similar accidentally, having been from such disparate sources. The apparent witness in the background conversation is speaking with detail about the tragic shooting, and in a manner that runs contrary to the widespread version. Those who watch the video need to judge for themselves if the witness sounds reliable (but he would seemingly have nothing to gain by telling such a story.)
@6:28/6:29 of video br #1 Howd he get from there ... (
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