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Brown's death, in other words, brought the long-simmering racial tensions in the community of Ferguson to a boil.
http://www.vox.com/2014/11/25/7281165/darren-wilsons-story-side
Officer Darren Wilson's story is unbelievable. Literally.
Updated by Ezra Klein on November 25, 2014, 11:00 a.m. ET
We've finally heard from Officer Darren Wilson.
Wilson had been publicly silent since the events of August 9, when he shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. And, even as the grand jury announced its decision not to indict him, he remained silent. He had his attorneys release a statement on his behalf.
But on Monday night, St. Louis County prosecutor Robert McCulloch released the evidence given to the grand jury, including the interview police did with Wilson in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. And so we got to read, for the first time, Wilson's full, immediate account of his altercation with Brown.
And it is unbelievable.
I mean that in the literal sense of the term: "difficult or impossible to believe." But I want to be clear here. I'm not saying Wilson is lying. I'm not saying his testimony is false. I am saying that the events, as he describes them, are simply bizarre. His story is difficult to believe.
The story Wilson tells goes like this:read more @ http://www.vox.com/2014/11/25/7281165/darren-wilsons-story-side
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http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/11/24/7279311/ferguson-darren-wilson-injuries
Photos: Darren Wilson's injuries following the Michael Brown shooting
Updated by German Lopez on November 24, 2014, 11:05 p.m. ET
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http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/11/24/7279311/ferguson-darren-wilson-injuries
http://www.vox.com/2014/11/25/7281165/darren-wilsons-story-side
Officer Darren Wilson's story is unbelievable. Literally.
Updated by Ezra Klein on November 25, 2014, 11:00 a.m. ET
We've finally heard from Officer Darren Wilson.
Wilson had been publicly silent since the events of August 9, when he shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. And, even as the grand jury announced its decision not to indict him, he remained silent. He had his attorneys release a statement on his behalf.
But on Monday night, St. Louis County prosecutor Robert McCulloch released the evidence given to the grand jury, including the interview police did with Wilson in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. And so we got to read, for the first time, Wilson's full, immediate account of his altercation with Brown.
And it is unbelievable.
I mean that in the literal sense of the term: "difficult or impossible to believe." But I want to be clear here. I'm not saying Wilson is lying. I'm not saying his testimony is false. I am saying that the events, as he describes them, are simply bizarre. His story is difficult to believe.
The story Wilson tells goes like this:read more @ http://www.vox.com/2014/11/25/7281165/darren-wilsons-story-side
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http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/11/24/7279311/ferguson-darren-wilson-injuries
Photos: Darren Wilson's injuries following the Michael Brown shooting
Updated by German Lopez on November 24, 2014, 11:05 p.m. ET
Comments and tweets follow - are with each each picture@
http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/11/24/7279311/ferguson-darren-wilson-injuries