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ACCORDING to the latest from the Ferguson, Missouri police department, Michael Brown, the teenager killed by an officer last Saturday, was not the “gentle giant” he has been widely reported to be. The police account contradicts the report by Brown’s friend, Dorian Johnson, who never mentioned anything about a robbery and said the two had been accosted by the officer simply for walking in the middle of the street. Here is the latest from Fox News:

A suburban St. Louis police chief on Friday identified the officer whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager ignited days of heated protests, and released documents alleging the teen was killed after a robbery in which he was suspected of stealing a $48.99 box of cigars.

Ferguson, Mo., Police Chief Thomas Jackson said that the robbery took place just before noon on Saturday at a nearby convenience store roughly 10 minutes before a police officer identified as Darren Wilson fired the bullet that killed Michael Brown. Police say that the shot was fired after a struggled touched off by Wilson’s confronting Brown. Jackson said Wilson is a six-year veteran with no disciplinary action on his record.

The news conference came after nearly a week of sometimes-violent protests and calls by many, including President Obama, for local law enforcement to be more transparent about the circumstances surrounding the shooting. Police previously said they withheld Wilson’s identity because of the potential for threats on the officer and his family. The officer has been on administrative leave since the shooting.

Police released still images and were planning to release video from the robbery, at a QuikTrip store in Ferguson. Jackson said Wilson, along with other officers, were called to the area after a 911 call reporting a “strong-arm robbery” at a nearby convenience store. He didn’t immediately release details about the alleged robbery, saying more information would be released later.

Jackson provided few other details about Wilson at the news conference and did not take any questions. Jackson said Swisher Sweets cigars were stolen in the robbery. He was suspected of stealing a $48.99 box of cigars.

According to the police reports, Brown and his friend, Dorian Johnson, were suspected of taking a box of cigars from a store in Ferguson that morning.

“I am incensed,” Laura Keys, 50, told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “I can’t believe this is the tactic they are using, bringing up a robbery to make the victim look like he was the person who created this whole mess.”

Police have said Brown was shot after an officer encountered him and another man on the street. They say one of the men pushed the officer into his squad car, then physically assaulted him in the vehicle and struggled with the officer over the officer’s weapon. At least one shot was fired inside the car before the struggle spilled onto the street, where Brown was shot multiple times, according to police.

But a much different story has been told by Dorian Johnson, who says he was walking down the street with Brown when he was shot. He has said the officer ordered them out of the street, then grabbed his friend’s neck and tried to pull him into the car before brandishing his weapon and firing. He says Brown started to run and the officer pursued him, firing multiple times.

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A female reader writes:

This link is to the PDF of the police reports of the robbery.  Dorian Jones, the erstwhile “believable witness,” was apparently Mr. Brown’s companion in a robbery shortly before the shooting took place.

With respect to this situation, at the risk of sounding condescending, I do understand your initial desire to believe the “witness.”  You have likely lived your life almost exclusively around fully socialized humans as, happily, most Americans still have.  I, however, was a criminal prosecutor for many years before having a child.  I have all too much experience dealing with feral humans; I have seen far too many criminals and witnesses lie with sincere and straight faces-all the while having the crime captured on videotape-to believe much of anything at face value.  In these situations I cannot help to wait for the other shoe to drop, for the criminal history to be revealed, the photos flashing gang signs to be posted, etc. Is it possible that Mr. Brown was shot in cold blood as described by Mr. Dorian?  Yes, it is possible.  Is it likely?  I highly doubt it.  (By the way, I do not equate “black” with feral; I believe the cause has more to do with the destruction of the family and a polluted culture, but that is a separate and very complex issue.)

Thank you very much for your interesting website.

Laura writes:

Thank you for the link.

Just a small correction: I did not desire to believe Dorian Johnson. I have no desire to think the worst of the police. I simply gave my honest impression.

If Johnson was indeed with Brown, that makes Johnson’s entire account questionable, at the very least.

We still don’t know why Wilson shot Brown.

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