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| New video of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson taken in the hours after the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown was secured by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and published Friday night. | New video of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson taken in the hours after the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown was secured by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and published Friday night. |
| The first video, taken by surveillance cameras at the Ferguson Police Department, show Wilson leaving the building after the shooting with several other men. | The first video, taken by surveillance cameras at the Ferguson Police Department, show Wilson leaving the building after the shooting with several other men. |
| The other video shows Wilson and the men returning to the department headquarters. The St. Louis paper reports that Wilson left to go to the hospital and returned two hours later. | The other video shows Wilson and the men returning to the department headquarters. The St. Louis paper reports that Wilson left to go to the hospital and returned two hours later. |
| Almost no public images exist of Wilson, whose name was not released for almost a week after the shooting. The officer, who is on paid leave, had not been seen publicly since the day of the shooting. Some supporters of have said he was seriously injured in the altercation with Brown. The grainy video released this weekend shows Wilson moving normally but does not provide a close view of his face. | Almost no public images exist of Wilson, whose name was not released for almost a week after the shooting. The officer, who is on paid leave, had not been seen publicly since the day of the shooting. Some supporters of have said he was seriously injured in the altercation with Brown. The grainy video released this weekend shows Wilson moving normally but does not provide a close view of his face. |
| In a statement Saturday, Benjamin Crump and Darryl Parks, lawyers for Brown’s family, commented on the video. | |
| Early on, the statement said, “information was leaked from within the police department that Wilson was severely beaten and suffered an orbital eye socket ‘blowout,’ indicating that Michael Brown somehow deserved to die. From the video released today it would appear the initial descriptions of his injuries were exaggerated”. | |
| The account published by the Post-Dispatch also includes new details, compiled through an analysis of police radio traffic, about Wilson’s interactions with other officers during the shooting. | The account published by the Post-Dispatch also includes new details, compiled through an analysis of police radio traffic, about Wilson’s interactions with other officers during the shooting. |
| According to the Post-Dispatch’s account, Wilson radioed at noon to ask if officers needed assistance in searching for the suspects of an alleged robbery that occurred at a nearby store. Two minutes later he again radioed and said “put me on Canfield with two” which prompted two other police vehicles to head in his direction, the paper reported. | |
| Crump and Parks also challenged the audio, saying it shows the “initial interaction with the officer and Brown had nothing to do with the incident at the convenience store. The remaining portions of the audiotape did not establish any connection with the convenience store incident.” | |
| The video release and new details of the timeline of the incident comes as most in greater St. Louis anxiously await the grand jury decision on whether to indict Wilson with a crime for the shooting. | The video release and new details of the timeline of the incident comes as most in greater St. Louis anxiously await the grand jury decision on whether to indict Wilson with a crime for the shooting. |
| Groups of protesters have spent hours planning acts if civil disobedience to be carried out in the event that Wilson is not charged. Top state and police officials, meanwhile, are in the midst of a local media campaign meant to reassure the local public that they are ready to respond to any violence. | Groups of protesters have spent hours planning acts if civil disobedience to be carried out in the event that Wilson is not charged. Top state and police officials, meanwhile, are in the midst of a local media campaign meant to reassure the local public that they are ready to respond to any violence. |
| Meanwhile, one local television station reported on Friday night that Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson told them that Wilson will likely return to his post if he is not indicted. | Meanwhile, one local television station reported on Friday night that Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson told them that Wilson will likely return to his post if he is not indicted. |