xerxes xerxes:
A bunch of idiots saw an opportunity during a peaceful march to loot and distract from the issue at hand. The police killing an 18 y.o black man over nothing.
What the chief of police had to say about the young man being shot for no reason.
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Chief Jon Belmar with the St. Louis County Police Department held a news conference Sunday morning and released new information about the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
Brown was shot and killed Saturday afternoon by a Ferguson police officer.
Belmar said the incident started when Brown physically assaulted the police officer, pushing him into the officer's vehicle. He said there was a struggle inside the car, and at some point Brown reached for the officer's weapon. One shot was fired inside the vehicle.
Brown suffered fatal gunshot wounds outside of the vehicle, approximately 35 feet from the car. Belmar said multiple shell casings were found at the scene, and that Brown was shot more than once, but an exact number of shots fired has not yet been determined. All the shell casings came from the officer's weapon.
Belmar confirmed Brown was unarmed at the time of the shooting. He did not say what led to the struggle inside the officer's car.
linkThere needs to be a thorough investigation of events that lead to this death. Based on what the police have said, this individual wasn't shot for 'no reason'. Whether this explanation of events stands up under the scrutiny of an investigation remains to be seen.