While most reporters were focused on the unfolding protests in Ferguson, Mo., Christine Byers, crime reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, tweeted late Monday that more than a dozen witnesses have corroborated the police’s version of events in the Michael Brown shooting.
! “@ChristineDByers: Police sources tell me more than a dozen witnesses have corroborated cop's version of events in shooting #Ferguson”
— Todd C. Frankel (@tcfrankel) August 19, 2014
Skepticism was the mood of the evening.
@ChristineDByers find 'em. don't take their word for it.
— Brian ? Ries (@moneyries) August 19, 2014
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@ChristineDByers @mattdpearce So why didn't he call it in?
— Tracy Carlson Photo (@TheFuzzball) August 19, 2014
@ChristineDByers @blakehounshell Until witnesses go public with that no one will believe the police.
— BarbieBean ⭐⭐⭐ (@GotJellyBeans) August 19, 2014
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@ChristineDByers Why would it take more than a week for this info to come out? Why don't they release an incident report?
— Baka Guy (@DeanJohnson67) August 19, 2014
@christinedbyers @mattdpearce yea right and i have a bridge for sale
— MoJo (@moejo219) August 19, 2014
@ChristineDByers Convenient considering no one has heard the cop's version. Where is the incident report? #Ferguson
— Connie C. Keys (@hotelkeys) August 19, 2014
@ChristineDByers Did those sources put a gun into Mike Brown's hands too?
— Social Distancing isn't ??? #NoJusticeNoPeace (@maddux_boy) August 19, 2014
@ChristineDByers What is the cops version, he made no report and hasn't issued a statement?
— Tracey (@Ourtraceyboo) August 19, 2014
@ChristineDByers @stlpublicradio How do you define "witness'? People who the cop told after the fact?
— Floofgoof (@kangarara) August 19, 2014
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@ChristineDByers More hearsay: "Police sources tell me." @PragObots
— aspirational12 (@aspirational12) August 19, 2014
@ChristineDByers They were not there at the scene. Stop lying.
— LiberalPhenom (Obama is my president forever) (@LiberalPhenom) August 19, 2014
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@ChristineDByers Of course they do. One or two of the witnesses might even have been there. Maybe.
— Tom Betz (@TomBetzNY) August 19, 2014
@LiberalPhenom @ChristineDByers is a reporter or a #FergusonPD steno? lol
— NoChillMood (@ritaag) August 19, 2014
@ritaag @ChristineDByers More than a dozen witnesses? Please.
— LiberalPhenom (Obama is my president forever) (@LiberalPhenom) August 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/tomservo10/status/501561411953504256
@LiberalPhenom @ChristineDByers Maybe Witnesses from another planet.
— NoChillMood (@ritaag) August 19, 2014
@ChristineDByers We don't even know what the cop's version is – do you? And if so why haven't you reported it?
— aspirational12 (@aspirational12) August 19, 2014
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https://twitter.com/KDavis/status/501562616310145024
@desertcronenm @LiberalPhenom Journalism is dead
— NoChillMood (@ritaag) August 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/ItsTheBrandi/status/501563200425689088
Hmm MT @ChristineDByers: Police sources say more than a dozen witnesses have corroborated cop's version of events in shooting #Ferguson”
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 19, 2014
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https://twitter.com/lymanjohnson/status/501564086908624899
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