Grand Jury Witness 40′s Claim That Michael Brown Charged “Like a Football Player” Falls Apart

[Cap]

Grand Jury Witness 40′s Claim That Michael Brown Charged “Like a Football Player” Falls Apart



In the debate over whether Officer Darren Wilson was justified or criminally culpable in the shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown, the pro-Wilson narrative parrots an account that alleged that the physically larger Michael Brown charged at Officer Wilson “like a football player,” a claim that was made by grand jury Witness 40, whom St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch called in to testify. However, an exhaustive report on Witness 40, compiled by William Bastone, Andrew Goldberg, and Joseph Jesselli at The Smoking Gun, calls into question whether she was present on the day that the events occurred and what might have motivated her to fabricate her account. The above-embedded video, provided by Democracy Now!, includes an interview with William Bastone in which he goes into detail about his investigation into Witness 40′s testimony. Reed moar hear: http://benswann.com/grand-jury-witn...n-charged-like-a-football-player-falls-apart/

 

[jmdrake]

Okay. Witness # 40 lied. Witness #10 lied and was "not sure". Are there any other witnesses that back up Darren Wilson?

 

[phill4paul]

Okay. Witness # 40 lied. Witness #10 lied and was "not sure". Are there any other witnesses that back up Darren Wilson?

Doesn't make a wit of difference. They did exactly what the DA wanted them to do. He will not be revisiting this case nor will he be bringing charges for perjury.

 

[Cap]

It certainly does appear that there was no real effort from the authorities to get at the truth.

 

[jmdrake]

Doesn't make a wit of difference. They did exactly what the DA wanted them to do. He will not be revisiting this case nor will he be bringing charges for perjury.

I'm not thinking about the DA. There is a federal investigation but I don't put a lot of hope in that either. However there is the court of public opinion. I'm personally already convinced that despite the fact that Mike Brown was a thug, a bully and a jerk, there is enough evidence to support the theory that the shooting was bad that Darren Wilson should have been indicted on something. But convincing others of this fact is a bit more problematic. That said, all of this will come out in the wrongful death lawsuit that I suspect the city will settle rather quickly. The last thing they want is all this aired out in a civil trial where private attorney's are ripping apart Darren Wilson and witnesses in his favor the way the prosecutor should have done at trial. And Wilson and his witnesses shouldn't have even been at the grand jury.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Brown was hit, according to the autopsy, in the "upper ventral right arm" (inner bicep). The bullet exit the "upper dorsal right arm" (back of bicep). The path of the bullet, according to the autopsy, is "slightly upward." This slightly upward path would be consistent with the 6' 4" Wilson shooting at a 6' 4" Brown with hands raised.

It is virtually impossible for Wilson to hit this area, with that path, if Brown is reaching in his waistband (as Wilson claimed), or if Brown is running at Wilson in a "charging" position (also as Wilson claimed). See pictures below.

Darren Wilson is a proven liar and a coward.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

If I remember right, this could be the woman who criticized the people of Ferguson, saying that these people don't like the police until they need to call them. (Now where have I heard that before?)

I remember reading her interview and thinking there was something funny about her account. The idea of the charging football player is as exaggerated as Wilson's textbook account.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

Darren Wilson may have assumed he will not be held accountable. Looking at a broader culture of un-accountability from top to bottom - from dronegangsta to down ranks in police state power structure, he may have not have made the wrong assumption.

 

[SeanTX]

Darren Wilson is a proven liar and a coward.

Yes, but he's a "hero" with the Fox News crowd, so that's why the growing anti-police movement will die out and go nowhere.

 

[Cap]

For anyone who watched the video, you gotta give Sean Hannity credit for cornering the asshole market.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

For anyone who watched the video, you gotta give Sean Hannity credit for cornering the asshole market.

He is troglodyte scum.

(And a knee-jerk neoconservative like McCain).

 

[jmdrake]

For anyone who watched the video, you gotta give Sean Hannity credit for cornering the asshole market.

Oh with Glenn Beck with his "I don't like Rand for not being like Ron even though I attacked Ron for being himself" garbage seems to be giving Hannity competition on that front.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

If that is accurate, then the Grand Jury process was a complete farce. What is the remedy for a corrupt local government?

 

[otherone]

If that is accurate, then the Grand Jury process was a complete farce. What is the remedy for a corrupt local government?

VOTE.
Vote like your life depended on it....

...DEMOCRACY , BEYOTCHES.

freedom is AWESOME!

 

[phill4paul]

VOTE.
Vote like your life depended on it....

...DEMOCRACY , BEYOTCHES.

freedom is AWESOME!

Heroes. These ^^^^^.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

For all the copsuckers out there:

You tell me how a bullet to the right arm, according to the autopsy, takes a slightly upward path when Brown is in his alleged "football stance."

 

[morfeeis]

For all the copsuckers out there:

You tell me how a bullet to the right arm, according to the autopsy, takes a slightly upward path when Brown is in his alleged "football stance."

Huge difference between a charge and three-point stance. Not that i disagree with your point, i just like to keep thing in line.

 

[brushfire]

Brown was hit, according to the autopsy, in the "upper ventral right arm" (inner bicep). The bullet exit the "upper dorsal right arm" (back of bicep). The path of the bullet, according to the autopsy, is "slightly upward." This slightly upward path would be consistent with the 6' 4" Wilson shooting at a 6' 4" Brown with hands raised.

It is virtually impossible for Wilson to hit this area, with that path, if Brown is reaching in his waistband (as Wilson claimed), or if Brown is running at Wilson in a "charging" position (also as Wilson claimed). See pictures below.

Darren Wilson is a proven liar and a coward.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...e-(Ferguson)&p=5646567&viewfull=1#post5646567

 

[JK/SEA]

but but...ok..but he's still a thug and wears funny clothes...and he's (was) scary looking.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Huge difference between a charge and three-point stance. Not that i disagree with your point, i just like to keep thing in line.

You're right; I read that wrong. A charge is different from a stance. Perhaps this is what that witness means when she said "like a football player, head down."

Wilson referred to Brown as a "demon," so perhaps this is in line with the image Wilson tried to portray:

Either way, the path of the bullet was slightly upward. A charging Brown with his head down cannot receive a bullet on the inner bicep with an upward trajectory in that position.