https://twitter.com/JohnGGalt/status/501211332771721219
The narratives, they are a changin’.
The New York Times published a story tonight detailing the autopsy of Ferguson, Missouri, teen Michael Brown. Things are not as they had appeared in the immediate aftermath of his death last week.
As news spread, the narrative-jolting autopsy results trended on Twitter.
Analysts and news observers drew out the implications and minced no words:
Baden autopsy seems to confirm that #Ferguson residents LIED when they claim Brown was shot from behind. pic.twitter.com/mJbNkxA02P
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) August 18, 2014
Pathologist says Brown was shot from the front. Head wound suggests he was leaning forward (charging?) #Ferguson http://t.co/L26JmWWtTX
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) August 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/NAAPC/status/501208929943420930
Dorian Johnson claimed Michael Brown was shot in the back, while running and then turned around. Um, no. Strike one. http://t.co/B8ZPqy826O
— mk danaher (@MKDanaher) August 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/haas24712/status/501210140880957440
Brown wasn't shot "execution style" in the back autopsy shows. http://t.co/lDx29LHVLW #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/VdFHnlHetw
— Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) August 18, 2014
“@Rayado2011: @ChrisLoesch Jesse Jackson just insinuated on CNN that it was "execution style."” He was wrong. http://t.co/lDx29LHVLW
— Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) August 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/Ty_In_StL/status/501209687094620160
Reminder that Mike Brown's autopsy directly contradicts the primary witness's story, and that cops are trained to shoot multiple times.
— Skippy (@Skippysigmatic) August 18, 2014
MT @RyanNewYork: Brown’s autopsy results – he was shot 6 times. Results cast doubts on police ”gun struggle“ story. http://t.co/PxDzKkSa7o
— David Klevan (@dklevan) August 18, 2014
And just so you know, a few reminders about Dr. Michael Baden:
This autopsy in the NYT wasn't from some Missouri hayseed, it was from an expert the Brown family hired.
— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) August 18, 2014
Dr. Baden reviewed the autopsies of JFK and MLK. RT @nytimes: Autopsy Shows Michael Brown Was Struck at Least 6 Times http://t.co/RbpLhwsc4H
— Steve Marsh (@stephenhero) August 18, 2014
The DOJ autopsy — which would be the third autopsy on Brown — is apparently still on.
BREAKING: Attorney General Holder orders federal autopsy on Michael Brown at family's request http://t.co/FUS18esc3z pic.twitter.com/ZthD4rFELD
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 17, 2014
whoah. @nytimes article on Dr. Baden 2nd #MikeBrown autopsy says Eric Holder is going to have a THIRD autopsy done. http://t.co/tsq6n4fwwy
— Prudence Paine (@PruPaine) August 18, 2014
3rd autopsy. has this ever happened?RT @ShannonPoe DOJ is conducting “their own” autopsy. Due to “extraordinary nature” of the case #eyeroll
— Prudence Paine (@PruPaine) August 18, 2014
The Holder/DOJ autopsy will actually be the third autopsy. Local did first, family asked for second (completed) and DOJ doing another
— ML (@just_mindy) August 18, 2014
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Update:
Here’s the version of the shooting as told by Michael Brown’s friend Dorian Johnson, who was with Brown at the time (as well as during the strong-arm robbery of a grocery store earlier that day):
Brown and Johnson then ran towards a line of three cars on the side of the street. Johnson went behind the first, but Brown ran past. Brown yelled “Keep running, bro!” But by the time he got to the third car, the officer shot Brown in the back, according to Johnson.
Johnson says Brown stopped, put his hands up, turned around, and yelled he didn’t have a gun.
The officer allegedly shot several more times, Brown fell to the ground, and Johnson ran to his apartment.
And here’s the account of a woman who called into Dana Loesch’s radio show late last week.
Transcript of the caller via Gateway Pundit:
He pulled up ahead of them. And then he got a call-in that there was a strong-arm robbery. And, they gave a description. And, he’s looking at them and they got something in their hands and it looks like it could be what, you know those cigars or whatever. So he goes in reverse back to them. Tries to get out of his car. They slam his door shut violently. I think he said Michael did. And, then he opened the car again. He tried to get out. He stands up.
And then Michael just bum-rushes him and shoves him back into his car. Punches him in the face and them Darren grabs for his gun. Michael grabbed for the gun. At one point he got the gun entirely turned against his hip. And he shoves it away. And the gun goes off.
Well, then Michael takes off and gets to be about 35 feet away. And, Darren’s 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.
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Update:
What some people were saying before the autopsy report came out:
@fmanjoo Oh you're right. I thought that was 6-9.
Even if it was him, it's irrelevant. He was unarmed and shot in the back. Unjustifiable.
— Alex Knapp (@TheAlexKnapp) August 15, 2014
2nd witness in #MichaelBrown shooting. Matches what the 1st witness said: shot in the back while running. @theroot http://t.co/Wwyakozg4w
— Tasneem Raja (@tasneemraja) August 14, 2014
https://twitter.com/CurtisKalin/status/500285442542284800
CNN witness says that Michel Brown was first shot in the back & then when he turned around & put his hands up he continued to be fired upon
— Stephen Bishop (@stephencbishop) August 14, 2014
Video from #Ferguson eerily reminiscent of 1970 Kent State, "four dead in Ohio," shot in the back by heavily armed cops and guardsmen.
— christopher joyce (@christophjoyce) August 14, 2014
Dorian Johnson, witness to the whole shooting, says that #MikeBrown was shot in the back by the police officer. (@PoliticsNation)
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 12, 2014
And shot him several times as he was running away. If the cop was unaware of the robbery, it had no bearing on this case. It's only released
— Tracie Thoms (@traciethoms) August 15, 2014
@bones_mckinney I know that an unarmed man, running away with his hands up, should not be shot and killed for any reason.
— Dave Foley (@DaveSFoley) August 15, 2014
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