Ferguson PD Video Backfires; Brown Seen Paying For Cigarillos

Posted by | August 18, 2014 22:07 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics Top Stories


A hat tip to our good friends at AATTP and YouTube user Wango Tango. The Ferguson PD has a lot of explaining to do.


Ferguson police’s attempts to demonize Michael Brown, the unarmed African-American teen killed by Officer Darren Wilson, may have hit a small snag. The very video they released at the same time as they identified Wilson as the officer responsible for shooting Brown six times, including twice in the head, may show the opposite of what they…

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918 responses to Ferguson PD Video Backfires; Brown Seen Paying For Cigarillos

  1. Foundryman August 18th, 2014 at 22:25

    Seems the thug here wasn’t such a thug after all….Any apologies from anyone yet?

    • Khary A August 18th, 2014 at 22:32

      real apologies…don’t hold your breath, snarky half assed ones…I’m sure we’ll get an ear full.

    • granpa.usthai August 19th, 2014 at 00:39

      reminds me of the criminal act Trayvon Martin was engaging in when chased down by the armed neighborhood watch captain child stalking murderer with the white male Florida licenses. -? – even found out the murdered victim had traces of marijuana during the autopsy. Didn’t find any evidence that the murderer was high on cocaine though. Didn’t find any evidence in the vehicle he used to chase the victim down through the back yards of the gated community with his headlights on bright either.

      • M D Reese August 19th, 2014 at 02:40

        The traces of cannabis could have been in his system for 30 days.

    • M D Reese August 19th, 2014 at 02:39

      Yeah–Fox “news” will be all over it tomorrow–you know how they like to offer a correction when they’re wrong…

      • Foundryman August 19th, 2014 at 10:44

        There’s always a first time for everything…

  2. Foundryman August 18th, 2014 at 22:25

    Seems the thug here wasn’t such a thug after all….Any apologies from anyone yet?

    • The last of the Thousad Sons August 18th, 2014 at 22:32

      real apologies…don’t hold your breath, snarky half assed ones…I’m sure we’ll get an ear full.

    • granpa.usthai August 19th, 2014 at 00:39

      reminds me of the criminal act Trayvon Martin was engaging in when chased down by the armed neighborhood watch captain child stalking murderer with the white male Florida licenses. -? – even found out the murdered victim had traces of marijuana during the autopsy. Didn’t find any evidence that the murderer was high on cocaine though. Didn’t find any evidence in the vehicle he used to chase the victim down through the back yards of the gated community with his headlights on bright either.

      • M D Reese August 19th, 2014 at 02:40

        The traces of cannabis could have been in his system for 30 days.

    • M D Reese August 19th, 2014 at 02:39

      Yeah–Fox “news” will be all over it tomorrow–you know how they like to offer a correction when they’re wrong…

      • Foundryman August 19th, 2014 at 10:44

        There’s always a first time for everything…

  3. edmeyer_able August 18th, 2014 at 22:36

    Don’t expect anything from Ferguson PD, they scripted this whole thing from day one and now that the evidence that should have been collected last Saturday has been forever lost.

  4. edmeyer_able August 18th, 2014 at 22:36

    Don’t expect anything from Ferguson PD, they scripted this whole thing from day one and now the evidence that should have been collected last Saturday has been forever lost.

  5. Foundryman August 18th, 2014 at 22:37

    I would think if the police chief had any decency at all, he would announce his resignation right after announcing Wilson has been arrested.

  6. Foundryman August 18th, 2014 at 22:37

    I would think if the police chief had any decency at all, he would announce his resignation right after announcing Wilson has been arrested.

  7. AnthonyLook August 18th, 2014 at 22:46

    That clerk has to be approached by reporters for the facts.

    • Tommy6860 August 18th, 2014 at 23:11

      Exactly my thoughts. Even then, what Cosmic said is spot on!

      • AnthonyLook August 19th, 2014 at 02:31

        Cosmic is spot on. I do believe it was murder and I do believe it was racially motivated; if the perp was White, he would be alive. The police department has proven itself to be thwarting the public good; their actions are thuggish. No one has been killed, yet; but even that is calculated on their part and not heart felt. If the clerk can shed light on the facts then he should; maybe he is afraid of the police himself.

        • M D Reese August 19th, 2014 at 02:38

          If Michael had been a white teen, they probably would have taken him in for a talking to (with finger-wagging!) and then called his folks to come pick him up.

          • AnthonyLook August 19th, 2014 at 02:42

            Just like school boards, many police departments, espcially in the sough have, intentionally and in a coordinated fashion, been infected by right wing racists with an agenda. It often appears like it’s an ever escalating movement of racial intimidation.

    • tiredoftea August 18th, 2014 at 23:47

      Certainly the police aren’t!

      • M D Reese August 19th, 2014 at 02:36

        I was just thinking that. Hopefully the FBI is doing a better job. It seems to me that interviewing the clerk would be high on the list.

    • Carla Akins August 19th, 2014 at 05:05

      CNN interviewed the shop owner on Sunday according to some tweets I’ve seen, I try and find it today.

      • AnthonyLook August 19th, 2014 at 21:59

        Every shop, has a camera directly aimed at the till; I’d like to see that video from that angle.

  8. AnthonyLook August 18th, 2014 at 22:46

    That clerk has to be approached by reporters for the facts.

    • Tommy6860 August 18th, 2014 at 23:11

      Exactly my thoughts. Even then, what Cosmic said is spot on!

      • AnthonyLook August 19th, 2014 at 02:31

        Cosmic is spot on. I do believe it was murder and I do believe it was racially motivated; if the perp was White, he would be alive. The police department has proven itself to be thwarting the public good; their actions are thuggish. No one has been killed, yet; but even that is calculated on their part and not heart felt. If the clerk can shed light on the facts then he should; maybe he is afraid of the police himself.

        • M D Reese August 19th, 2014 at 02:38

          If Michael had been a white teen, they probably would have taken him in for a talking to (with finger-wagging!) and then called his folks to come pick him up.

          • AnthonyLook August 19th, 2014 at 02:42

            Just like school boards, many police departments, espcially in the sough have, intentionally and in a coordinated fashion, been infected by right wing racists with an agenda. It often appears like it’s an ever escalating movement of racial intimidation.

    • tiredoftea August 18th, 2014 at 23:47

      Certainly the police aren’t!

      • M D Reese August 19th, 2014 at 02:36

        I was just thinking that. Hopefully the FBI is doing a better job. It seems to me that interviewing the clerk would be high on the list.

    • Carla Akins August 19th, 2014 at 05:05

      CNN interviewed the shop owner on Sunday according to some tweets I’ve seen, I try and find it today.

      • Yenta August 19th, 2014 at 08:17

        Interesting that the police didn’t even CLAIM to have talked to the shop owner or the clerk. They obviously just made shit up for their “report”.

      • AnthonyLook August 19th, 2014 at 21:59

        Every shop, has a camera directly aimed at the till; I’d like to see that video from that angle.

  9. Cosmic_Surfer August 18th, 2014 at 22:58

    A lot of assumptions on both sides about a grainy video that doesn’t really show anything- and guess what? It doesn’t matter what happened in that store. he was gunned down in the street – unarmed and not resisting or running away from the police. It doesn’t matter if he robbed a store, hit a cop or punched out a door. The only thing that matters is the kid was shot 6 times facing the cop and not trying to get away, unarmed and fully complaint. Still murder

  10. Cosmic_Surfer August 18th, 2014 at 22:58

    A lot of assumptions on both sides about a grainy video that doesn’t really show anything- and guess what? It doesn’t matter what happened in that store. he was gunned down in the street – unarmed and not resisting or running away from the police. It doesn’t matter if he robbed a store, hit a cop or punched out a door. The only thing that matters is the kid was shot 6 times facing the cop and not trying to get away, unarmed and fully complaint. Still murder

  11. Obewon August 18th, 2014 at 23:13

    Michael Brown was an honorable paying customer! Proving once again that only a truly stupid racist would defend shooter Darren Wilson executing a jaywalker from 33 feet away with 6+ Gunshots killing the unarmed teenager.

    Didn’t GOP TV broadcast the Ferguson Police Chief admitting the teen was only stopped for jaywalking? GOP TV outreach to minority voters: “FOX News has jumped on the “thug” train, as well, suggesting that the “robbery” video justifies the murder of Michael Brown” Despicable!

    • John Tarter August 19th, 2014 at 07:15

      And all the previous shots did not slow down the 6 ft, 280 pound Michael Brown. Let’s see, you are an average size cop, have a weapon and a large man is rushing you in a rage, what DO YOU DO?

      • Yenta August 19th, 2014 at 08:15

        You lie. Then you lie some more. Because it never happened. But people like you want so badly to believe Brown was a “thug”, and stupid enough to charge a man who is just itching to pull that trigger. Brown was 6’4″, by the way. Get your facts straight.

      • Obewon August 19th, 2014 at 11:39

        PD aren’t supposed to be paranoid of an unarmed 18 year old 33 feet away. Dr. Baden actually said ’33 feet away’ and: “This one here looks like his head was bent downward,” he said, indicating the wound at the very top of Mr. Brown’s head. “It can be because he’s giving up, or because he’s charging forward at the officer.” -The bullets did not appear to have been shot from very close range because no gunpowder was present on his body. http://www.alan.com/2014/08/17/michael-brown-autopsy-is-in-ferguson-teeanger-was-shot-at-least-6-times/

      • LX-23 August 20th, 2014 at 22:03

        Please direct me to the source of that quote from Dr.Baden. Because in all the pictures I’ve seen of Michael Brown he just looks fat, not muscular.

  12. Obewon August 18th, 2014 at 23:13

    Michael Brown was an honorable paying customer! Proving once again that only a truly stupid racist would defend shooter Darren Wilson executing an unarmed jaywalker from 33 feet away with 6+ Gunshots: ”killing the unarmed teenager with his final head shot!’-The Coroner says Michael Brown could have survived all but the last fatal head wound.-via Judy Woodruff | PBS NewsHour.

    Didn’t GOP TV broadcast the Ferguson Police Chief admitting the teen was only stopped for jaywalking? GOP TV outreach to minority voters: “FOX News has jumped on the “thug” train, as well, suggesting that the “robbery” video justifies the murder of Michael Brown.” Despicable!

    • John Tarter August 19th, 2014 at 07:15

      And all the previous shots did not slow down the 6 ft, 280 pound Michael Brown. According to Dr. Baden, the deceased was “pure muscle “. So let’s see, you are an average size cop, have a weapon and a large man is rushing you in a rage, what DO YOU DO?

      • Yenta August 19th, 2014 at 08:15

        You lie. Then you lie some more. Because it never happened. But people like you want so badly to believe Brown was a “thug”, and stupid enough to charge a man who is just itching to pull that trigger. Brown was 6’4″, by the way. Get your facts straight.

      • Obewon August 19th, 2014 at 11:39

        Armed & self defense trained PD aren’t supposed to be paranoid of an unarmed 18 year old 33 feet away. That’s why police have non lethal mace, pepper spray, Tasers & radios too for “unarmed jaywalkers!”

        Dr. Baden actually said ’33 feet away.’ He said the wound indicates Brown may have had his back to the shooter, or he could have been facing the shooter with his hands above his head or in a defensive position across his chest or face. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/missouri-governor-sends-national-guard-ferguson-0

        Dr. Baden :”This one here looks like his head was bent downward,” he said, indicating the wound at the very top of Mr. Brown’s head. “It can be because he’s giving up (with hands raised in the air as several eye witnesses said), or because he’s charging forward at the officer.” -The bullets did not appear to have been shot from very close range because no gunpowder was present on his body. http://www.alan.com/2014/08/17/michael-brown-autopsy-is-in-ferguson-teeanger-was-shot-at-least-6-times/ Brown had sleep-and-munchie-inducing pot in his system not rage-fueling PCP. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2014/08/18/probe-into-michael-brown-shooting-goes-to-pot/ A third and final autopsy was performed Monday for the Justice Department by one of the military’s most experienced medical examiners, A.G. Holder said.

      • LX-23 August 20th, 2014 at 22:03

        Please direct me to the source of that quote from Dr.Baden. Because in all the pictures I’ve seen of Michael Brown he just looks fat, not muscular. Either way, muscle tissue isn’t bullet proof…

  13. Daniel Jacobsen August 18th, 2014 at 23:15

    And they cut it so we wouldn’t see him acting like a thug !!!!!!!

    • Anomaly 100 August 18th, 2014 at 23:32

      Good try! Here, have a cookie.

      • Tommy6860 August 18th, 2014 at 23:45

        Why does it seem it’s only the afflicted white whiners post or comment on articles that regard racial issues. Anything else, they just wait for the curtain calls.

        • Anomaly 100 August 18th, 2014 at 23:53

          IMO, the far right’s inherent racism stems from their parents, grandparents, etc. It’s a vicious cycle and if one of the family members can’t break it, it just continues.

          • Tommy6860 August 18th, 2014 at 23:55

            True that, and had I not been friends with a totally awesome family, I could have been one of those bigots.

          • edmeyer_able August 18th, 2014 at 23:57

            The right wing has made a living by convincing poor white people that somewhere a black man has it better than they do.

            • raincheck August 19th, 2014 at 07:28

              Not only convincing poor white people that somewhere a black man has it better than they do…. but convincing them it is at their expense…. You nailed it!!

  14. Daniel Jacobsen August 18th, 2014 at 23:15

    And they cut it so we wouldn’t see him acting like a thug !!!!!!!

    • Anomaly 100 August 18th, 2014 at 23:32

      Good try! Here, have a cookie.

      • Tommy6860 August 18th, 2014 at 23:45

        Why does it seem it’s only the afflicted white whiners post or comment on articles that regard racial issues. Anything else, they just wait for the curtain calls.

        • Anomaly 100 August 18th, 2014 at 23:53

          IMO, the far right’s inherent racism stems from their parents, grandparents, etc. It’s a vicious cycle and if one of the family members can’t break it, it just continues.

          • Tommy6860 August 18th, 2014 at 23:55

            True that, and had I not been friends with a totally awesome family, I could have been one of those bigots.

          • edmeyer_able August 18th, 2014 at 23:57

            The right wing has made a living by convincing poor white people that somewhere a black man has it better than they do.

            • raincheck August 19th, 2014 at 07:28

              Not only convincing poor white people that somewhere a black man has it better than they do…. but convincing them it is at their expense…. You nailed it!!

    • rashaad comer August 19th, 2014 at 07:46

  15. burqa August 18th, 2014 at 23:20

    This story illustrates why we should wait for all the facts before taking decisions.

    • edmeyer_able August 18th, 2014 at 23:23

      But the facts have been destroyed, evidence that was in that car has been scrubbed clean.

      • Tommy6860 August 18th, 2014 at 23:44

        And still no official police report, as far as I know as of right now.

  16. burqa August 18th, 2014 at 23:20

    This story illustrates why we should wait for all the facts before taking decisions.

    • edmeyer_able August 18th, 2014 at 23:23

      But the facts have been destroyed, evidence that was in that car has been scrubbed clean.

      • Tommy6860 August 18th, 2014 at 23:44

        And still no official police report, as far as I know as of right now.

  17. labman57 August 18th, 2014 at 23:21

    To no one’s surprise, the Ferguson PD appears to be attempting to create evidence to support a preconceived conclusion, all while misrepresenting evidence that does not support said conclusion.

    • Foundryman August 18th, 2014 at 23:33

      This pretty much shows just how corrupt the Ferguson police are. Wonder if they’ll roll out the tanks again.

      • edmeyer_able August 18th, 2014 at 23:42

        There was a disturbance from the back of the crowd and the instigators were singled out and taken away.

    • granpa.usthai August 19th, 2014 at 00:45

      Too bad white officials can’t be charged with fabricating/altering evidence in a criminal conspiracy to cover up the shooting of a jaywalker who would have been guilty of being in possession of a deadly weapon for standing on a sidewalk, huh?

  18. labman57 August 18th, 2014 at 23:21

    To no one’s surprise, the Ferguson PD appears to be attempting to create evidence to support a preconceived conclusion, all while misrepresenting evidence that does not support said conclusion.

    • Foundryman August 18th, 2014 at 23:33

      This pretty much shows just how corrupt the Ferguson police are. Wonder if they’ll roll out the tanks again.

      • edmeyer_able August 18th, 2014 at 23:42

        There was a disturbance from the back of the crowd and the instigators were singled out and taken away.

    • granpa.usthai August 19th, 2014 at 00:45

      Too bad white officials can’t be charged with fabricating/altering evidence in a criminal conspiracy to cover up the shooting of a jaywalker who would have been guilty of being in possession of a deadly weapon for standing on a sidewalk, huh?

  19. Viking_61 August 18th, 2014 at 23:33

    Nothing was funnier than watching all the black women saying “he be photoshopped! He be photoshopped!” LOL

    • Anomaly 100 August 18th, 2014 at 23:43

      Say what?

      Edit: Never mind. I read your comment history. Take the hood of your head.

      • edmeyer_able August 18th, 2014 at 23:45

        You’re going to need a lot of cookies.

        • Anomaly 100 August 18th, 2014 at 23:51

          I can see that. Amazing isn’t it? Ferguson has brought out the worst in some people.

          • M D Reese August 19th, 2014 at 02:31

            I really do hope that the robbery is proven to be false–not because it had anything to do with him being murdered, but because it will be nice to shove it in the faces of the right wing racist crowd.

            • Anomaly 100 August 19th, 2014 at 08:10

              Ditto!

            • R.J. Carter August 19th, 2014 at 10:38

              You do realize that having a hope for a particular outcome, for a particular self-satisfying reason, is on the same par with those hoping that the police officer is exonerated so they can do the same to the left wing crowd, don’t you?

      • M D Reese August 19th, 2014 at 02:29

        I just skimmed the first two and gagged and flagged it.

    • Foundryman August 19th, 2014 at 00:09

      Oh I don’t know, I can think of a couple things funnier. Like a bunch of armed loons running out to the desert to defend a millionaire rancher who wanted to feed his cattle for free on land he didn’t own,talk about a welfare queen or king… now that’s funny.

      Or maybe the one about some racists KKK boys claiming they’re going to march into a riot to “protect” some white business owners in an area where there aren’t any. Now that’s funny…

    • Chinese Democracy August 19th, 2014 at 01:53

      whats funny is your nic. A viking would never cut eye holes in a pillow case in order to hide like a beotch

      LOL!

      • Viking_61 August 19th, 2014 at 03:25

        Keep worshiping your retarded negroes.

    • Carla Akins August 19th, 2014 at 04:52

      You are done here. Don’t come back.

      • Yenta August 19th, 2014 at 08:08

        Yayyyy! I’m sure the KKK is missing him, anyway…

      • Viking_61 August 20th, 2014 at 00:00

        I don’t intent on returning to this communist backwater anyways.

  20. Viking_61 August 18th, 2014 at 23:33

    Nothing was funnier than watching all the black women saying “he be photoshopped! He be photoshopped!” LOL

    • Anomaly 100 August 18th, 2014 at 23:43

      Say what?

      Edit: Never mind. I read your comment history. Take the hood off your head.

      • edmeyer_able August 18th, 2014 at 23:45

        You’re going to need a lot of cookies.

        • Anomaly 100 August 18th, 2014 at 23:51

          I can see that. Amazing isn’t it? Ferguson has brought out the worst in some people.

          • M D Reese August 19th, 2014 at 02:31

            I really do hope that the robbery is proven to be false–not because it had anything to do with him being murdered, but because it will be nice to shove it in the faces of the right wing racist crowd.

            • Anomaly 100 August 19th, 2014 at 08:10

              Ditto!

            • R.J. Carter August 19th, 2014 at 10:38

              You do realize that having a hope for a particular outcome, for a particular self-satisfying reason, is on the same par with those hoping that the police officer is exonerated so they can do the same to the left wing crowd, don’t you?

      • M D Reese August 19th, 2014 at 02:29

        I just skimmed the first two and gagged and flagged it.

    • Foundryman August 19th, 2014 at 00:09

      Oh I don’t know, I can think of a couple things funnier. Like a bunch of armed loons running out to the desert to defend a millionaire rancher who wanted to feed his cattle for free on land he didn’t own,talk about a welfare queen or king… now that’s funny.

      Or maybe the one about some racists KKK boys claiming they’re going to march into a riot to “protect” some white business owners in an area where there aren’t any. Now that’s funny…

    • Chinese Democracy August 19th, 2014 at 01:53

      whats funny is your nic. A viking would never cut eye holes in a pillow case in order to hide like a beotch

      LOL!

    • Carla Akins August 19th, 2014 at 04:52

      You are done here. Don’t come back.

      • Yenta August 19th, 2014 at 08:08

        Yayyyy! I’m sure the KKK is missing him, anyway…

      • Viking_61 August 20th, 2014 at 00:00

        I don’t intent on returning to this communist backwater anyways.

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