The Tales Grow Taller on Down the Line...
I know the neighborhood:
talk is cheap when the story is good...
and the tales grow taller on down the line...
but I'm telling you, babe...
that I don't think it's true, baby...
~ REO, IL
Well if you're tired of the same old story...
oh sweet baby turn some pages...
More hard news... straight outta Ferguson:
One Canfield resident — who said he saw the killing of Brown from start to finish and talked to the grand jury recently — has given the Post-Dispatch an account with some key differences from previous public statements from other witnesses.
Among the recollections of the witness, who agreed to an interview on the condition that his name not be used, were:
Witnesses have given differing accounts since the white officer killed the unarmed black teen Aug. 9, triggering protests, riots and national attention. Some have said that Wilson first fired as Brown ran away from him, then pumped off more shots after Brown turned around.
- After an initial scuffle in the car, the officer did not fire until Brown turned back toward him.
- Brown put his arms out to his sides but never raised his hands high.
- Brown staggered toward Wilson despite commands to stop.
- The two were about 20 to 25 feet apart when the last shots were fired.
- He would not detail what he had told the grand jury but said the members seemed fair and asked a lot of questions.
Some have said Brown raised his arms high in surrender, giving rise to a common protesters’ chant of “Hands up, don’t shoot” while mimicking the move.
But this witness said Brown never put his hands straight up, but held his elbows straight out from his torso, with palms turned up in a sort of gesture of disbelief.
Perhaps the most widely quoted witness has been Brown’s companion that day, Dorian Johnson, who said Wilson had grabbed Brown by the throat through the open window of the officer’s police SUV.
Johnson, 22, also said Wilson shot Brown at the car, then ran after Brown, who put his hands up in surrender, and then shot him again.----------------------------------------
This latest witness, who is black, told the Post-Dispatch that Johnson took off running toward West Florissant Avenue after the first shot went off inside Wilson’s police SUV.
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