Police release name of officer, call Brown a robbery suspect
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They said a description of Brown had been broadcast over police radio identifying him as a robbery suspect and released security camera photos of the robbery, showing someone they identified as Brown towering over and allegedly menacing the store clerk.
But as more details emerged later in the day, the connection between the robbery and the shooting that has galvanized the nation became more tenuous. Although the simultaneous naming of Brown as a suspect and the video’s release had suggested that the officer stopped Brown because of the robbery, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson later appeared to reverse himself, saying at a second news conference that their confrontation “was not related to the robbery” at all.
In fact, Jackson said, Brown was stopped because he and a friend “were walking down the street blocking traffic. It was related to blocking the road.’’
Asked why police felt compelled to release the robbery photos if they were unconnected to the shooting, Jackson said it was because the media had asked for them. He then abruptly ended the news conference and was hustled away.
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