Autopsy reportedly finds Brown shot at close range, not running from cops

[Vance2335]

Michael Brown, the 18-year-old black man whose fatal shooting in by a white police officer in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson in August touched off weeks of racially-charged rioting, had marijuana in his system and was shot at close range, according to the official autopsy and toxicology report.

The documents, obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and analyzed by two experts not directly involved in the case, appears to contradict witness accounts that claimed Brown was running away from Police Officer Darren Wilson when he was killed on Aug. 9. The new information comes on the heels of reports that Wilson told authorities Brown had reached inside Wilson’s police SUV and struggled for his gun, resulting in Wilson firing twice, hitting Brown once in the hand. Moments later and outside of the vehicle, Wilson fired the fatal bullets that sparked a national controversy.


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The newspaper had St. Louis medical examiner Dr. Michael Graham, who is not part of the official investigation, review the autopsy report, and he determined that it “does support that there was a significant altercation at the car” including a shot that hit Brown’s right hand. Dr. Judy Melinek, a forensic pathologist in San Francisco who also reviewed the documents, concurred that the autopsy “supports the fact that this guy is reaching for the gun" and that it did not support claims Brown was shot while running away from Wilson, or with his hands up.

The toxicology test. also obtained by the newspaper and performed by a St. Louis University laboratory, revealed marijuana in Brown’s blood and urine. Alfred Staubus, a consultant in forensic toxicology at The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, told the newspaper THC could impair judgment or slow reaction times but that there was no reliable measurement to make those conclusions.

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[Dee1956]

Has anyone seen this from CNN News?

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/11/us/ferguson-michael-brown-shooting-witnesses/

[Vance2335]

It has been proven that Brown had gun shot residue on his hand, so he was part of a struggle for the gun.

[Barb135]

As noted above, eye witnesses can be very unreliable and juries are for sifting through all that information and rendering a verdict.

It's up to the police and city fathers to address the issues in Ferguson.  Black people can help resolve some of those problems if they  get involved with their city/county council.  I don't know about up there, but here, it only costs about $60 to run for County commission and that fee can be waived if the person doesn't have the money.  Or they can get involved through their churches and other organizations.  They can help  get things changed without violence.

[teko]

And its that big IF, that we will probably never really know, as the officer had no camera on his person or in his car, and there are enuff so called eye witnesses on both sides of the isle that have conflicting stories. And one thing is for sure, regardless, there are lots of problems in ferguson and at the very least, that needs addressed. Will it be? I hope

[Barb135]

IF, and that's a big IF, Brown was attacking a police officer, he deserved to be shot.

[teko]

There will be no defense, come on, we all know better! These procedings that are going on and the leaks that are going on? Yeah, fair and balanced right? I dont care if he stole cigars, or even shoved the clerk! Still no excuse the way he was shot, and I might add that they guy that did the first autopsy has real issues with the leak that said gun residue was on the body of brown. He disagrees. So to me? Its just like politics, sides have been drawn and the truth will be somewhere in la la land. You know it, and I know it.