I have a very good / trust worthy friend who's family holds several key positions in St. Louis County Government and County Police Dept. I am getting this from a second hand source which means you are getting this information from a third hand source, still the info i received was SO plausible, I had to share with my friends at the DP. If the information is indeed correct the cop who shot Mike Brown is not going to serve a minute behind bars and if so, look out St. Louis, it's gonna get ugly.
Do not confuse the information here with siding with the police, I think what is happening to the protesters is sickening, I think the cop had plenty more options and this is all just another example of how tyranny is here and upon us.
What I think is all the facts that are available are not being given to the public, much like the Rodney King incident. We are only being given enough information so as to create our own opinions that lead to conjecture based on our own social opinions and bias.
What i have learned is that Mike Brown was walking home from that same QT that would eventually be destroyed. At that QT Mike Brown was confronted by a manager for shoplifting. After that a verbal confrontation ensued followed by short skirmish. Too bad because all of that video evidence was conveniently destroyed when the QT was ransacked and burned to the ground later that night.
Mike Brown and his friend took off. A police call was made, the officer caught up to two guys matching the description and asked them to move to the sidewalk so he could question them about what had just occurred at the QT. Upon ignoring several of the officers requests the officer pulled his cruiser over to block their path and swung his door open. At this Mike Brown rushed the officer and assaulted him as he was trying to exit his car and beat the holy crap out of him till he was lying half in and out of his car. After having the snot knocked out of him the cop got up drew his weapon and ordered Mike to stop as he was running away, at this Mike Brown turned back to the cop not knowing his gun was drawn and charged the officer, not with his hands up as we keep hearing, but reaching up and out in front of him. The cops response is now history. Supposedly the Cop needed stitches and looked like he spent a couple rounds in the ring with Tyson.
Also police have supposedly recovered pictures from Brown's Facebook page where he is flashing guns and gang signs, depicting a little more of a hoodlum than the image of a promising gentle giant headed off to college we are receiving from the mass media.
I'm not taking sides on this case, I'm waiting for all the fact to officially come out for that. What I am saying is St. Louis prepare! I have a bad feeling L.A. April 26th, 1992 is coming to a city near me.