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Chandler reports: "According to CNN, an unidentified man, who has since been interviewed by the FBI, is said to have managed to record the incident in which Michael Brown was shot by Officer Darren Wilson earlier this month, setting off a national firestorm."

Michael Brown was killed by Officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9. He was laid to rest more than two weeks later at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, Mo. (photo: Reuters)
Michael Brown was killed by Officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9. He was laid to rest more than two weeks later at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, Mo. (photo: Reuters)


An Audio Recording of the Michael Brown Shooting Has Reportedly Surfaced

By Adam Chandler, The Wire

27 August 14

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY4KZ46DaEg

hat's thought to be an audio recording of the shooting death of Michael Brown has reportedly surfaced. According to CNN, an unidentified man, who has since been interviewed by the FBI, is said to have managed to record the incident in which Michael Brown was shot by Officer Darren Wilson earlier this month, setting off a national firestorm.

The most notable tidbit from the short recording (and what will become subject to the most immediately scrutiny and parsing) is the existence of two distinct volleys of gunfire from Officer Darren Wilson's weapon. From CNN:

In the recording, a quick series of shots can be heard, followed by a pause and then another quick succession of shots.

Forensic audio expert Paul Ginsberg analyzed the recording and said he detected at least 10 gunshots -- a cluster of six, followed by four.

The man who recorded the shooting was talking to someone on video chat when the sounds of gunfire erupted in the background. The Daily Mail added:

Lopa Blumenthal, the attorney for the unidentified man who recorded the alleged gunfire nearby said that she believed the audio shows, if it is authentic, that Officer Wilson had a clear 'point of contemplation' while pulling the trigger and aiming at Brown."

Also of some serious importance, should the tape's authenticity be confirmed, is the fact that ten (or, by some counts, eleven) shots were fired at Brown by Wilson.

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