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In reply to the discussion: Cash raised for Mo. cop surpasses Brown donations [View all]aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Supposedly, on the tape showing Brown's body lying in the street for five hours, there is a voice off screen that can be heard saying that Brown came forward just before the fatal shot was fired. That was noticed by a right wing nutter website named Conservative Treehouse. The Daily Caller then picked it up and started talking about the "bull rush" and, together with Josie's rant to a radio talk show, it went from "came forward" to "bull rush". Finally, Fox News picked it up. It might even have been Wilson himself, off camera, who said Brown was coming forward (whether that means staggered forward a couple steps or more is unknown). Without forensic evidence or witnesses, the nuts are convinced that Brown bull rushed officer Wilson. And probably in too many cases, they don't really care if there was unjustified use of deadly force, considering the races of the individuals involved.
I'm appalled that there have been members of DU with more than a handful of posts who have been repeating the version coming exclusively from insane sources like The Daily Caller (there have been very few but they really stick out).
It's also ironic that right wing psychotic nuts can immediately go from hating on cops at the Bundy Ranch because they represent big government along with hating lawyers who defend criminals, and hating unions, to applauding a white cop who shoots and unarmed citizen and a cop who is told to clam up, not issue a report, or a statement upon advice of the police union lawyer.