Allright, then let's take a look at the whole clip:
#1 - not sure where you're getting the wrong date issue. Top left of the shots of the door look like "2014 08 09" to me
2 - From the looks of it, the register is being worked at the top area with the flip up counter, as someone DOES pay for something up there.
Looks like he reaches in across the counter at the unmanned window & grabs something to hand to his buddy. Then a few seconds later he goes back in for another grab and gets some resistance, dropping cigars? slimjims? on the floor. Puts the box back on the counter, proceeds to pick up all the stuff off the floor, & then heads for the door. All the while the store owner/employee comes out from behind the counter & starts confronting him. As they get to the door, Brown shoves him off & then backs him down before leaving.
Not exactly the kind of behavior one would expect had a normal transaction taken place i.e. money for goods exchanged. I guess by definition it would be called a burglary, although I'd consider it to be more of "overt shoplifting", if that's indeed what happened.
Make no mistake, this is a tragedy that shouldn't happen. But the narrative of the victim as a helpless, unarmed teenager seems far from the truth. He's 6'4" 292lbs, and certainly didn't look very helpless and non-menacing when he was backing down that store owner.
Regardless, the behavior of the Ferguson PD has been reprehensible since.
#1 - not sure where you're getting the wrong date issue. Top left of the shots of the door look like "2014 08 09" to me
2 - From the looks of it, the register is being worked at the top area with the flip up counter, as someone DOES pay for something up there.
Looks like he reaches in across the counter at the unmanned window & grabs something to hand to his buddy. Then a few seconds later he goes back in for another grab and gets some resistance, dropping cigars? slimjims? on the floor. Puts the box back on the counter, proceeds to pick up all the stuff off the floor, & then heads for the door. All the while the store owner/employee comes out from behind the counter & starts confronting him. As they get to the door, Brown shoves him off & then backs him down before leaving.
Not exactly the kind of behavior one would expect had a normal transaction taken place i.e. money for goods exchanged. I guess by definition it would be called a burglary, although I'd consider it to be more of "overt shoplifting", if that's indeed what happened.
Make no mistake, this is a tragedy that shouldn't happen. But the narrative of the victim as a helpless, unarmed teenager seems far from the truth. He's 6'4" 292lbs, and certainly didn't look very helpless and non-menacing when he was backing down that store owner.
Regardless, the behavior of the Ferguson PD has been reprehensible since.
