Twitchy has reported extensively today on both the official autopsy of Michael Brown, which strongly suggests that Brown wasn’t fleeing when he was shot and didn’t have his hands up, and tweets from several liberals who insisted that was the only sure thing about the case.
Of course, there was another high-profile shooting in the south St. Louis neighborhood of Shaw soon after the Brown shooting. Witnesses at the scene insisted the off-duty police officer involved had mistaken 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers’ sandwich for a gun, leading MSNBC’s Chris Hayes to declare the shooting “a *massive* scandal” if police were lying about recovering a 9mm Ruger at the scene. (They weren’t, and an investigation corroborated the officer’s story that he had been shot at three times.) Lab tests also showed that Myers had gunshot residue on his hand, the inner waistband of his jeans, and on his T-shirt.
Today pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht, independently hired by the family of Vonderrit Myers to perform an autopsy, presented his findings to the press.
Dr. Wecht – Vonderitt myers was shot 8 times. 6 of these gunshot wounds were fired (at his back) #stl
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) October 23, 2014
Dr. Wecht – "Vonderitt was shot 3x in right leg (back) and 3x in left leg.(back)"
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) October 23, 2014
"The head wound would have rendered Vonderitt immediately unconscious." –
The bullet entered at the right side of his head. – Dr. Wecht— FOX2now (@FOX2now) October 23, 2014
Dr. Wecht says the bullet to the to the leg says it "shattered his femer and Vonderitt would not have been able to run."
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) October 23, 2014
Dr. Wecht shows where the #fatalwound entered Vonderitt Myers. #STL pic.twitter.com/iPCHn0PpUF
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) October 23, 2014
Dr. Wecht shows gunshot wounds to back of Vonderitt Myers' legs. #STL pic.twitter.com/VcYRT7veyD
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) October 23, 2014
Dr. Wecht says wounds show Vonderitt was running up a hill. About a 45 degree angle in his opinion. #STL
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) October 23, 2014
About that sandwich…
Dr. Wecht on gun powder residue: "Either his hand was in contact with a gun or near a gun when it was fired." #shawshooting #STL
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) October 23, 2014
Dr. Wecht – the head wound had to have come last. #stl
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) October 23, 2014
Dr. Wecht – It's possible that the officer was kneeling down.
— FOX2now (@FOX2now) October 23, 2014
The “sandwich” story has long been debunked, but some still call the shooting an “execution.”
. @SLMPD your officers cannot MURDER people. Even "thugs." Even someone who was "no angel." #VonderittMyers #Shaw #shawshooting
— molly (@mollyrosestl) October 23, 2014
The horrible thing is, @SLMPD & @RoordaJ (w/ help from media) will continue to support the killer cop who murdered #VonderittMyers
— molly (@mollyrosestl) October 23, 2014
https://twitter.com/Birdswatcher/status/525370446620143616
Vonderritt Myers MURDER-N-COLD BLOOD!
— Rapunzel-Anunnaki (@Audrey2003) October 23, 2014
Reading the tweets about VonDeritt Myers's autopsy report is sickening. The cop shot to execute, no other reason for pattern #shawShooting
— (((trianglman))) (@trianglman) October 23, 2014
https://twitter.com/tiarrabanks1/status/525376085304037377
I believe these cops r killing ppl to eliminate witnesses against them in potential police misconduct trial. #MikeBrown #VonderittMyers @CNN
— TruthBeTold (@Big6domino) October 23, 2014
Fucking insane!!!!… Dr. Wecht: Vonderitt Myers was shot 8 times; six from the back http://t.co/szy7vOMFX8 (via @fox2now)
— give me 6ft❗️ (@GeekNStereo) October 23, 2014
Unbelievable Autopsy report on #VonderritMyers The kid was basically murdered/executed OMG!!! this has to stop! http://t.co/mT9mQH36Ir
— MambaWarren???? (@JB101_) October 23, 2014
So if Vonderitt Myers was shot 8 times, 6 of which were directed at his back, explain to me how he was firing at the officer?….#lies
— Corey Bu-Shea (@coreybking) October 23, 2014
RT @tchopstl No frontal wounds. So how do you shoot a gun running away and sustain these bullet wounds? #shawshooting pic.twitter.com/OaVyYeFlSO
— J OWL Farand (@OwlsAsylum) October 23, 2014
https://twitter.com/luvsmytwoboys/status/525400031474774018
https://twitter.com/DreadHampton/status/525386107345969153