re: #111 Vogon Poetry

So, more leaks/information from the Darren Wilson files. Investigators apparently found Brown’s blood inside the police car, and that Wilson shot and hit Brown in the arm while in the car.

Of course, all this is rather self-serving considering that he has to claim he feared for his life in order to show that the shooting was justified. That’s even though there was little reason for him to have stopped Brown in the first place - walking in the street isn’t enough, unless the PD considers harassing blacks to be its top priority (and all the statistics about the FPD shows that it was).

It still doesn’t explain why Wilson went for his gun in the first place - and the order of events still doesn’t quite make sense. Why would Brown reach into the car in the first place.

But these reports all make the indictment of Wilson more unlikely.

The New York Times is claiming to have gotten Wilson’s account of the shooting via a leak. In its words:

The police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., two months ago has told investigators that he was pinned in his vehicle and in fear for his life as he struggled over his gun with Mr. Brown, according to government officials briefed on the federal civil rights investigation into the matter.

The officer, Darren Wilson, has told the authorities that during the scuffle, Mr. Brown reached for the gun. It was fired twice in the car, according to forensics tests performed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The first bullet struck Mr. Brown in the arm; the second bullet missed.

The forensics tests showed Mr. Brown’s blood on the gun, as well as on the interior door panel and on Officer Wilson’s uniform. Officer Wilson told the authorities that Mr. Brown had punched and scratched him repeatedly, leaving swelling on his face and cuts on his neck.

This is the first public account of Officer Wilson’s testimony to investigators, but it does not explain why, after he emerged from his vehicle, he fired at Mr. Brown multiple times. It contradicts some witness accounts, and it will not calm those who have been demanding to know why an unarmed man was shot a total of six times. Mr. Brown’s death continues to fuel anger and sometimes-violent protests.

I agree with Lawhawk that this account is self-serving ad fails to answer important questions. But what what strikes me is that the officials who leaked it are said to have gotten the information via briefing on the federal civil rights investigation. Why would federal officials leak this?