And unless people are just dense he does have swelling in the area of his lower lip and an abrasion on the lower lip. Seeing as I don't know what his face normally looks like, I have no idea if there is other swelling. From one not all that clear photo of him in his uniform (the one that was always used to identify him) I seem to recall that his face generally seemed thinner.
Why is anyone surprised? It was said he had some facial swelling and that was basically it.
But again, he's not required to have ANY injuries. Where in the world did anyone ever get the idea that he did? Since when does a cop have to be struck severely enough to show very obvious injuries before they're allowed to shoot? Anyone recall that most police shooting that were perfectly legitimate even by this crowd's standards aren't ever even TOUCHED by the person that was shot? That they weren't even in arm's length proximity? Yet people are complaining that he's not injured enough? Good grief.
I'm finding the eyewitness interviews a hell of a lot more interesting, but I can see why they're being avoided. Read through the first 6 so far (I think nos. 10, 12, 14, 16 can't remember the others off the top of my head because they aren't in chronological order, and I've been going through them in the order they appear on the page. So far, every one of them say Brown did not have his hands up, and that he was moving toward Wilson with some saying slowly all the way up to charging. The ones that saw the altercation in the car describe Brown as being the one moving one or more of his arms in a manner appearing to be hitting. One who believed the last volley of shots wasn't justified said that Wilson continually shouted for Brown to stop and that before the last volley he and others were shouting at Brown to stop themselves knowing that if he didn't he'd' be likely killed. Interesting that so far they all felt as though they were the only person that was watching. Given what they said about where they were while watching none of them other than one guy said they were outside but at a window, on a balcony or porch, at an open door, etc.
Except for one of these witnesses who didn't see Johnson until he came back after Brown was dead all of them said that Johnson ran at the moment of the shot inside the car, and jumped into the passenger side of a white Monte Carlo that immediately sped off. The witness that believed that the last volley of shots wasn't justified and who went on at some length that he knew Brown personally and that he was the only youth that spoke respectfully to him said that Johnson ran to the white Monte Carlo, and though he and his family member aren't 100% sure they believe that Johnson got into that car that then sped away. He also says as some other said that Johnson was nowhere near the police car during the altercation between Brown and Wilson but by a tree some distance away. The witness being interviewed was at vantage point much closer and couldn't tell what exactly was happening inside the car other than there was a physical altercation of some kind. All these witness save the one that didn't recall Johnson at all other than the person that was walking with Brown before all that took place say that Johnson was not anywhere near the cop car during the altercation, and when the shot inside the car was fired he took off running and got into the white Monte carlo that sped away. Johnson only found out about Brown being shot from others and likely why he came back to the scene.
So, according to these witnesses, Johnson was no where near the cop car during the altercation and was further away than some of these witnesses who were not able to tell what exactly was happening inside the car, and that when the shot inside the car was fired Johnson ran off, got into a white Monte Carlo that was stopped (not parked) in the street and sped away so he never saw what happened to Brown after the shot inside the car.
There are at least 62 witnesses that I've seen while scrolling through to find out how many though many of them are not eyewitnesses but forensic and other people.
Witness #62 is also the medical person that examined Wilson concerning his injuries. This person was told that he was punched twice in the right jaw and that it was sore, and he had x-rays to determine whether or not it was broken (apparently it wasn't, but I've not read through that far and it was never said that it was).
Go on and yuck it up about his minor injuries that we always knew were minor while entirely ignoring the fact that he's not required to have ANY injuries nor even be touched in any way and still be justified in the shooting. Shall we start a list of all the justified shootings by police or anyone else that have never been so much as touched by a person that it still a legitimate threat?
Read the eyewitness interview of witness #14 both parts. This is the guy that knew Brown and said he was the only youth that spoke to him respectfully and believed the last volley of shots wasn't justified. It's everything else that he says that's eye opening.
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