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by dethstar 4102 days ago
>Michael Brown supporters/witnesses made claims about that situation that were later shown to be false.

"made a reference to a woman’s testimony who claimed she had seen the shooting of the black teenager by the white officer, but she “clearly wasn’t present” at the scene. McCulloch reportedly said that the woman “recounted a story right out of the newspaper" that backed Wilson’s version of events surrounding the fatal shooting that occurred Aug. 9."[1]

"Most of the dozens of witnesses who testified likely did their best to describe what they saw, but a review of thousands of pages of grand jury documents shows that untrustworthy testimony came from some witnesses on both sides." [2]

"Key Witness In Michael Brown Case May Not Have Actually Seen Him Die, Report Says" [3]

[1] http://www.ibtimes.com/mike-brown-shooting-witnesses-gave-fa...

[2] http://edition.cnn.com/2014/12/14/justice/ferguson-witnesses...

[3] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/16/sandra-mcelroy-ferg...