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CNN) — The preliminary results of an autopsy that Michael Brown’s family requested are unlikely to settle the dueling narratives that have defined the case from the beginning.
Brown was shot at least six times — all to the front of his body, according to the preliminary results.
Family attorney Anthony Gray said the independent autopsy, conducted Sunday, found that Brown was shot twice in the head and four times in the right arm.
“Already based on this limited information, people believe it plays into whatever theory they have about what happened,” CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter said.
“Because these shots were all in the front apparently, that might lend credence to people’s theories that Michael Brown was going after the police officer.”
“On the other hand,” Stelter added, “the shots were on the arms (and head) on the front. Does that mean his arms were up?”
It’s a case, he said, where more information is not necessarily better information.
Therein lies some of the risk.
“This is bound to escalate tensions,” the Rev. Jesse Jackson told CNN. “This is a very provocative report.”
Brown was shot at least six times — all to the front of his body, according to the preliminary results.
Family attorney Anthony Gray said the independent autopsy, conducted Sunday, found that Brown was shot twice in the head and four times in the right arm.
“Already based on this limited information, people believe it plays into whatever theory they have about what happened,” CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter said.
“Because these shots were all in the front apparently, that might lend credence to people’s theories that Michael Brown was going after the police officer.”
“On the other hand,” Stelter added, “the shots were on the arms (and head) on the front. Does that mean his arms were up?”
It’s a case, he said, where more information is not necessarily better information.
Therein lies some of the risk.
“This is bound to escalate tensions,” the Rev. Jesse Jackson told CNN. “This is a very provocative report.”