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Anybody imagine this would happen?
"CLAYTON Dorian Johnson, who was walking with Michael Brown Jr. on Aug. 9 when the two were approached by Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson, has filed a lawsuit against the city, Wilson and former police chief Thomas Jackson.
The suit claims that Wilson assaulted Johnson, violated his constitutional rights, and intentionally and negligently inflicted emotional pain during the encounter, in which Wilson shot Brown to death.
.... seeks damages, including punitive, of at least $25,000.... an injunction to prevent the city of Ferguson and its police from engaging in assault, unlawful arrest and excessive use of force.
The city and Jackson were named because they "negligently hired and supervised police officers who violated citizens civil rights, ....
James Knowles III, the mayor of Ferguson, said the city had not yet been served with the suit and had no comment. Jackson, who resigned March 11, also declined, as did Wilsons attorney, Greg Kloeppel.
Lawyers for Johnson could not be reached. He is represented by lawyers Daniel K. Brown of Clayton and James M. Williams and Inemesit U. OBoyle of Metairie, La."
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-stopped-with-michael-brown-on-aug-sues-ferguson-police/article_770a951b-4071-59b3-951a-2aaf526e5f66.html. May 5 2015
I thought there was link to pdf, but no, just a still of first page. Anyone find a link for this electronic filing of April 29:
15 SL-CC01488
Dorian Johnson
v
City of Ferguson MO
and
Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson
and
Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson
"CLAYTON Dorian Johnson, who was walking with Michael Brown Jr. on Aug. 9 when the two were approached by Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson, has filed a lawsuit against the city, Wilson and former police chief Thomas Jackson.
The suit claims that Wilson assaulted Johnson, violated his constitutional rights, and intentionally and negligently inflicted emotional pain during the encounter, in which Wilson shot Brown to death.
.... seeks damages, including punitive, of at least $25,000.... an injunction to prevent the city of Ferguson and its police from engaging in assault, unlawful arrest and excessive use of force.
The city and Jackson were named because they "negligently hired and supervised police officers who violated citizens civil rights, ....
James Knowles III, the mayor of Ferguson, said the city had not yet been served with the suit and had no comment. Jackson, who resigned March 11, also declined, as did Wilsons attorney, Greg Kloeppel.
Lawyers for Johnson could not be reached. He is represented by lawyers Daniel K. Brown of Clayton and James M. Williams and Inemesit U. OBoyle of Metairie, La."
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-stopped-with-michael-brown-on-aug-sues-ferguson-police/article_770a951b-4071-59b3-951a-2aaf526e5f66.html. May 5 2015
I thought there was link to pdf, but no, just a still of first page. Anyone find a link for this electronic filing of April 29:
15 SL-CC01488
Dorian Johnson
v
City of Ferguson MO
and
Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson
and
Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson
Intended for Media only thread on Michael Brown, Ferguson Mo.
"FERGUSON • The memorial to Michael Brown on Canfield Drive has been removed and will be replaced by a plaque, Mayor James Knowles III and Michael Brown Sr. announced Wednesday.Knowles said the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis will store the stuffed animals and other items that have formed the temporary memorial down the center of Canfield Drive since Aug. 9, when Brown, 18, was shot and killed there by a Ferguson police officer.
Flanked by newly elected Ferguson City Council members Wesley Bell and Ella Jones, Knowles and Brown said the plaque will be part of a new permanent memorial in the area."
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/michael-brown-memorial-to-be-replaced-with-plaque/article_04e42ee6-de62-5d97-be1a-631a098d2566.html. May 20
"FERGUSON • The memorial to Michael Brown on Canfield Drive has been removed and will be replaced by a plaque, Mayor James Knowles III and Michael Brown Sr. announced Wednesday.Knowles said the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis will store the stuffed animals and other items that have formed the temporary memorial down the center of Canfield Drive since Aug. 9, when Brown, 18, was shot and killed there by a Ferguson police officer.
Flanked by newly elected Ferguson City Council members Wesley Bell and Ella Jones, Knowles and Brown said the plaque will be part of a new permanent memorial in the area."
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/michael-brown-memorial-to-be-replaced-with-plaque/article_04e42ee6-de62-5d97-be1a-631a098d2566.html. May 20
Aftermath of Michael Brown shooting & death in Aug 2014 by Ferguson LEO. For those who remember, an update on a vocal streamer, Umar Lee:
Lee said he used no special connection to get hired, but quit driving a cab for a living and applied at a number of places.
"The outspoken cabbie gained notoriety during the Ferguson protests and then went on to insult St. Louis and minimize its leaders during a short-lived run for mayor.
Now, it appears Lee works for the city he derided, writing parking tickets for Treasurer Tishaura Jones, a politician he said couldn't fix the city's problems...
Lee said he used no special connection to get hired, but had quit driving a cab for a living and applied at a number of places."
Pic of Umar Lee's Sept 2014 arrest at link.
http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/...cle_263584a4-515c-5239-8bf0-1a4fb3a1aadd.html June 20, 2016
Lee said he used no special connection to get hired, but quit driving a cab for a living and applied at a number of places.
"The outspoken cabbie gained notoriety during the Ferguson protests and then went on to insult St. Louis and minimize its leaders during a short-lived run for mayor.
Now, it appears Lee works for the city he derided, writing parking tickets for Treasurer Tishaura Jones, a politician he said couldn't fix the city's problems...
Lee said he used no special connection to get hired, but had quit driving a cab for a living and applied at a number of places."
Pic of Umar Lee's Sept 2014 arrest at link.
http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/...cle_263584a4-515c-5239-8bf0-1a4fb3a1aadd.html June 20, 2016
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/us/michael-brown-ferguson-police-shooting-video.html?_r=0
New Ferguson Video Adds Wrinkle to Michael Brown Case
MARCH 11, 2017
[…]
But a second, previously unreported video from that same convenience store included in a new documentary is raising new questions about what happened in the hours before the shooting on Aug. 9, 2014.
The footage shows Mr. Brown entering the store, Ferguson Market and Liquor, shortly after 1 a.m. on the day he died. He approaches the counter, hands over an item that appears to be a small bag and takes a shopping sack filled with cigarillos. Mr. Brown is shown walking toward the door with the sack, then turning around and handing the cigarillos back across the counter before exiting.
[…]
New Ferguson Video Adds Wrinkle to Michael Brown Case
MARCH 11, 2017
[…]
But a second, previously unreported video from that same convenience store included in a new documentary is raising new questions about what happened in the hours before the shooting on Aug. 9, 2014.
The footage shows Mr. Brown entering the store, Ferguson Market and Liquor, shortly after 1 a.m. on the day he died. He approaches the counter, hands over an item that appears to be a small bag and takes a shopping sack filled with cigarillos. Mr. Brown is shown walking toward the door with the sack, then turning around and handing the cigarillos back across the counter before exiting.
[…]
The film "Stranger Fruit" re MB shooting & aftermath was screened Saturday at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin TX. NYT link below has 2:32 min vid clip (I believe from movie; I haven't seen yet.)
First: St Louis metro coverage, w bbm & sbm below.
"Filmmaker Jason Pollock argues that Brown first exchanged a small amount of marijuana with store clerks for two boxes of cigarillos in his early morning visit that day...
At the last second before leaving the store, Brown gave the cigarillos back to the store clerks who put them behind the counter, according to the clip. The documentary asserts that Brown left the merchandise at the store to retrieve at a later point.After Brown was shot by then- Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson later that day near Canfield Green Apartments, police released video of Brown strong arming his way out of the same store with cigarillos. His encounter with Wilson soon followed...
Mike did not rob the store, says the film narrator.
It was a misunderstanding, Browns mother, Lezley McSpadden, adds."
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_8aa5908d-cb00-53c6-a833-c1672e471791.html (Mar 11, 2017)
Second: NYT, bbm & sbm below.
New Ferguson Video Adds Wrinkle to Michael Brown Case (Mar 11, 2017)
"....The footage shows Mr. Brown entering the store, Ferguson Market and Liquor, shortly after 1 a.m. on the day he died. He approaches the counter, hands over an item that appears to be a small bag and takes a shopping sack filled with cigarillos. Mr. Brown is shown walking toward the door with the sack, then turning around and handing the cigarillos back across the counter before exiting.
"Jason Pollock, a documentary filmmaker who acquired the new tape, says the footage challenges the police narrative that Mr. Brown committed a strong-armed robbery when he returned to the store around noon that day. Instead, Mr. Pollock believes that the new video shows Mr. Brown giving a small bag of marijuana to store employees and receiving cigarillos in return as part of a negotiated deal. Mr. Pollock said Mr. Brown left the cigarillos behind the counter for safekeeping....."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/...n-police-shooting-video.html?mwrsm=Email&_r=1 (Mar 11)
First: St Louis metro coverage, w bbm & sbm below.
"Filmmaker Jason Pollock argues that Brown first exchanged a small amount of marijuana with store clerks for two boxes of cigarillos in his early morning visit that day...
At the last second before leaving the store, Brown gave the cigarillos back to the store clerks who put them behind the counter, according to the clip. The documentary asserts that Brown left the merchandise at the store to retrieve at a later point.After Brown was shot by then- Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson later that day near Canfield Green Apartments, police released video of Brown strong arming his way out of the same store with cigarillos. His encounter with Wilson soon followed...
Mike did not rob the store, says the film narrator.
It was a misunderstanding, Browns mother, Lezley McSpadden, adds."
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_8aa5908d-cb00-53c6-a833-c1672e471791.html (Mar 11, 2017)
Second: NYT, bbm & sbm below.
New Ferguson Video Adds Wrinkle to Michael Brown Case (Mar 11, 2017)
"....The footage shows Mr. Brown entering the store, Ferguson Market and Liquor, shortly after 1 a.m. on the day he died. He approaches the counter, hands over an item that appears to be a small bag and takes a shopping sack filled with cigarillos. Mr. Brown is shown walking toward the door with the sack, then turning around and handing the cigarillos back across the counter before exiting.
"Jason Pollock, a documentary filmmaker who acquired the new tape, says the footage challenges the police narrative that Mr. Brown committed a strong-armed robbery when he returned to the store around noon that day. Instead, Mr. Pollock believes that the new video shows Mr. Brown giving a small bag of marijuana to store employees and receiving cigarillos in return as part of a negotiated deal. Mr. Pollock said Mr. Brown left the cigarillos behind the counter for safekeeping....."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/...n-police-shooting-video.html?mwrsm=Email&_r=1 (Mar 11)
Some info re filmmaker Jason Pollock, per imdb.com, sourced from his agency "Boom Content." bbm
"Jason Pollock is a filmmaker, writer and Founder of Boom Content. Boom Content is Pollock's creative agency, which operates in NYC, LA, DC, and STL....
"....Prior to making his own films, Pollock worked with director and producer to Michael Moore* from 2003 - 2006.Throughout this time Pollock aided Moore with several high profile films such as: 'Dude Where's My Country', 'Fahrenheit 9/11' and 'Slacker Uprising'. Pollock coordinated a 60 cities in 30 day tour for Moore on his Slacker Uprising Tour in 2004. In 2005 Pollock became of one of the 5 original founders of Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Boom Content Jason Pollock."
^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1660671/news?year=2007 ^
* Michael Moore, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601619/?ref_=nv_sr_1. < --- See list of "documentaries" Moore produced.
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moore bio
"Jason Pollock is a filmmaker, writer and Founder of Boom Content. Boom Content is Pollock's creative agency, which operates in NYC, LA, DC, and STL....
"....Prior to making his own films, Pollock worked with director and producer to Michael Moore* from 2003 - 2006.Throughout this time Pollock aided Moore with several high profile films such as: 'Dude Where's My Country', 'Fahrenheit 9/11' and 'Slacker Uprising'. Pollock coordinated a 60 cities in 30 day tour for Moore on his Slacker Uprising Tour in 2004. In 2005 Pollock became of one of the 5 original founders of Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Boom Content Jason Pollock."
^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1660671/news?year=2007 ^
* Michael Moore, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601619/?ref_=nv_sr_1. < --- See list of "documentaries" Moore produced.
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moore bio