It’s understandable the family of Mike Brown doesn’t fully digest who and why information is leaking to the media from inside the “federal” investigation. The CRS is working on an exit strategy – to the family, the prior DOJ alignment is a challenging reconciliation against the backdrop of the DOJ/CRS walk-back.
This perspective is confirmed today by the former Police Chief:
FERGUSON, Mo. (KMOX) – Information about the Michael Brown fatal police shooting is starting to leak out, and former St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch says it’s no accident the feds are allowing the information.
A New York Times article indicates, according to federal investigators, there was a struggle that led up to the fatal police shooting of Brown.
Fitch calls the information from the investigation coming out as phase two – to “coordinate leaks to the media, and to start getting some of the facts out there to kind of let people down slowly,” he says. “When I say this is phase two – phase one was really Eric Holder’s announcement how they were going to basically do a complete review and take over the Ferguson Police Department.”
Fitch says he thinks the feds recognize that it’s “probably very unlikely” that there’s going to be charges against Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.
“So they are trying to do other things – I’ll call them consolation prizes – for the community, to show that we’re not just going to let them get away with this,” he says. (link)
(Via Daily Mail) The family of Michael Brown have said that the cop who shot him dead will ‘feel the wrath of God’s vengeance’ after the officer claimed he was acting in self defense.
Sheryl Davis, Brown’s aunt, told MailOnline that she believes Darren Wilson committed murder and that he will suffer retribution in a ‘mighty way’.
She said that Wilson’s actions were ‘evil’ and that he will be punished by a higher power for what he did – even if he is cleared.
Her comments are the most outspoken yet from Brown’s family since Wilson’s account of what happened was published in the New York Times at the weekend.
The testimony – and alleged forensic evidence – has been described by experts as helpful to his defense and has provoked fresh outrage from the teenager’s family and supporters.
Wilson shot dead Brown, 18, on August 9, in Ferguson, a suburb of St Louis in Missouri, sparking nearly two weeks of violent protests and rioting.
Unrest has continued since then as a grand jury decides whether it will indict Wilson. A decision is expected next month.
Speaking to MailOnline Davis said: ‘It’s murder and they will feel and see the wrath of God’s vengeance come upon them in a mighty way, just as he promised all who do evil in his sight.’
Wilson’s account gave the first insight into what he told the grand jury during his four-hour testimony in September, a process which is held in secret. (read more)
