He said video of the convenience store incident was released in response to Freedom of Information Act requests.
So someone outside of police dept knew about this tape and asked for it to be released?
I'm not sure how this freedom of info Act works....if there has to be a request for a specific item, or if the police have to release everything that relates to that person.
What the cop did was probably crossing the line, and I say probably because we don't know the entire story.
But I gotta say that after seeing the video from inside the store, I'm not feeling a whole lot of sympathy for the dead guy's family. He looks to be a common thug. I'm not saying he deserved what he got but he was not the gentle giant like his family and friends made him out to be.
What the cop did was probably crossing the line, and I say probably because we don't know the entire story.
But I gotta say that after seeing the video from inside the store, I'm not feeling a whole lot of sympathy for the dead guy's family. He looks to be a common thug. I'm not saying he deserved what he got but he was not the gentle giant like his family and friends made him out to be.
So he deserved to be shot 8 times. Everybody go home.
One of the bullets entered the top of Mr. Brown’s skull, suggesting his head was bent forward when it struck him and caused a fatal injury, according to Dr. Michael M. Baden, the former chief medical examiner for the City of New York, who flew to Missouri on Sunday at the family’s request to conduct the separate autopsy. It was likely the last of bullets to hit him, he said.
Mr. Brown, 18, was also shot four times in the right arm, he said, adding that all the bullets were fired into his front.
The bullets did not appear to have been shot from very close range because no gunpowder was present on his body. However, that determination could change if it turns out that there is gunshot residue on Mr. Brown’s clothing, to which Dr. Baden did not have access.
'How is democracy treating you guys?' Islamic ISIS militants taunt Ferguson protestors on social media
ISIS supporters urge Ferguson demonstrators to embrace radical Islam
Use social media to stir up racial hatred and encourage yet more violence
Militants urge ISIS sympathisers in U.S. to travel to Ferguson to join protest
News comes as image appears to show demonstrator holding ISIS banner
Man was seen holding an 'ISIS is here' placard on purported CNN footage
Chilling developments come on ninth night of violent protests in Ferguson following the shooting by police of unarmed teenager Michael Brown
ISIS militants and their supporters are using social media to encourage protesters in Ferguson to embrace radical Islam and fight against the U.S. government.
Jihadists in Syria and Iraq and their sympathisers in the West have taken to Twitter to send messages of support to hundreds of demonstrators taking part in a ninth night of angry protests in the U.S. city following the shooting by police of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.
The militants' tweets denounce local officers for the way they have attempted to quell the violence, make reference to historic acts of police brutality, and even use the hashtag #FergusonUnderISIS in an attempt to get angry young men in the city to declare allegiance to the Islamist group.
The news comes as footage purportedly taken from the scene of the Ferguson protests appeared to show one demonstrator marching along a street holding a sign reading 'ISIS is here'.
One ISIS sympathiser calling himself Mujahid Miski, who claims to be from Minneapolis–Saint Paul but suggests he is now based in 'the horn of Africa', has led the campaign to encourage those taking part in the protests to embrace radical Islam.
In one message he tweets: 'So how is democracy treating you guys? #FergusonUnderIS #Ferguson.'
He adds: 'I thought u guys back in #Ferguson were supposed to be Free & that u had equal rights. I'd really like to know what changed? #FergusonUnderIS'.
Miski goes on to retweet dozens of messages by a Twitter user with the handle @AmreekiWitness, who claims to monitor and support the growth of radical Islam in the U.S.
Amreeki Witness' messages focus on the treatment of black people in the U.S., praise Malcolm X for embracing Islam and urge angry young black men to take up the religion as it means the police 'will fear you'.
In one message Amreeki Witness mocks the curfew police have imposed in Ferguson to bring an end to the disorder, saying: 'We IS guys hate you for your freedom, eh? Just like that freedom uplifting curfew in #Ferguson? Wake up, or they'll never let you outside.'
As the social media campaign began to take hold, with dozens of radical Islamists commenting on the Ferguson protests, Amreeki Witness tweeted: 'May be time to organize the Muslims in America upon haqq and mobilize to #Ferguson. Defend the oppressed, start jihad here.'
The message attracted a large response, with one Islamist calling himself Amarka Al-Ahlam responding: 'Preach, brother. We must organize brigades in preparation for the oncoming storm. #FergusonUnderIS #JihadinFerguson.'
Amreeki Witness added: 'They cower in fear of us whilst they massacre and oppress you! It's time to strike fear into the hearts of the oppressors. #FergusonUnderIS'.
News of the militants' campaign to encourage Ferguson demonstrators to embrace radical Islamism comes as footage purportedly from a CNN live stream of the protests appeared to show one young man holding a sign reading 'ISIS is here.'
It is not known whether the banner - footage of which has not yet been independently verified - was in support of the militant group or, as seems more likely, it was an attempt to compare ISIS to the local police force or the U.S. government.
Nevertheless stills of the alleged CNN footage were embraced by jihadists who have claimed they prove jihadists are already playing their part in the protests.
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