Mike Brown Autopsy Leaked: Evidence He Reached for Officer’s Gun, Did NOT Have Arms Raised When Shot
The St. Louis Tribune has obtained the official autopsy of Mike Brown, the deceased teenager at the center of the Ferguson protests. There are some interesting conclusions drawn from the official report they summed up:
MIKE BROWN REACHED FOR OFFICER WILSON’S GUN:
A source with knowledge of Wilson’s statements said the officer had told investigators that Brown had struggled for Wilson’s pistol inside a police SUV and that Wilson had fired the gun twice, hitting Brown once in the hand. Later, Wilson fired additional shots that killed Brown and ignited a national controversy.
The St. Louis medical examiner, Dr. Michael Graham, who is not part of the official investigation, reviewed the autopsy report for the newspaper. He said Tuesday that it “does support that there was a significant altercation at the car.”
Graham said the examination indicated a shot traveled from the tip of Brown’s right thumb toward his wrist. The official report notes an absence of stippling, powder burns around a wound that indicate a shot fired at relatively short range.
The report on a supplemental microscopic exam of tissue from the thumb wound showed foreign matter “consistent with products that are discharged from the barrel of a firearm.”
Dr. Judy Melinek, a forensic pathologist in San Francisco, said the autopsy “supports the fact that this guy is reaching for the gun, if he has gunpowder particulate material in the wound.” She added, “If he has his hand near the gun when it goes off, he’s going for the officer’s gun.”
Sources told the Post-Dispatch that Brown’s blood had been found on Wilson’s gun.
MIKE BROWN DID NOT HAVE HIS HANDS UP WHEN SHOT
Melinek also said the autopsy did not support witnesses who have claimed Brown was shot while running away from Wilson, or with his hands up.
She said Brown was facing Wilson when Brown took a shot to the forehead, two shots to the chest and a shot to the upper right arm. The wound to the top of Brown’s head would indicate he was falling forward or in a lunging position toward the shooter; the shot was instantly fatal.
A sixth shot that hit the forearm traveled from the back of the arm to the inner arm, which means Brown’s palms could not have been facing Wilson, as some witnesses have said, Melinek said. That trajectory shows Brown probably was not taking a standard surrender position with arms above the shoulders and palms out when he was hit, she said.
The county medical examiner, Dr. Mary Case, could not be reached. The assistant who performed the autopsy, Dr. Gershom Norfleet, relayed word that he would not comment.
This will most likely anger Ferguson protesters, who are already registering doubt in the report, and calling it a C-O-N-SPIRACY!
Is this our generation's Rodney King moment? The conspiracy runs deep. #Ferguson
— deray mckesson (@deray) October 22, 2014
#Ferguson is truly the conspiracy of a generation.
— deray mckesson (@deray) October 22, 2014
They reported his hands were not up and that one hand was at his waist??? Trying to create the thought that he had a weapon #Ferguson
— KayRay (@RE_invent_ED) October 22, 2014
The Ferguson PD continues its violent assault on #MikeBrown even after death.
— zellie (@zellieimani) October 22, 2014
I'm still following what's going on in #Ferguson and STILL disgusted & baffled by what appears to be a BLATANT cover-up to protect a cop.
— Luke James (@lukejamesbgn) October 22, 2014
How does the newspaper COPYRIGHT a public document (i.e. leaked autopsy)? Something ain't right. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/CBlb5KCgRm
— deray mckesson (@deray) October 22, 2014
These crackheads will believe anything to keep their victim status and racist narrative going. Very sad.
I have a feeling this means the Grand Jury verdict is imminent, and it won’t go well for the Mike Brown supporters. And Ferguson will burn.