Official autopsy Michael Brown close-range wound & marijuana

Very interesting.

There has never been a dispute that there was an altercation in the vehicle. 

It's interesting that they aren't saying anything about the distance between Wilson and Brown for the remaining 6 gun shot wounds, including the fatal shot. 

This still does not really tell us what happened. 

You're right, it doesn't tell the whole story of what happened.  But what do you think the officer's reaction should have been when he knows that he's already fought for his gun with the suspect, that the suspect has been shot once and now is coming towards him again?  With the little bits of evidence that have been released so far, it seems that the officer realistically feared for his life.  What should he have done?

I agree whopea - I am not sure what else would be expected?

I would really like to know what the general public expects a police officer to do when someone is fighting them for control of their gun. Seriously. I think that the second an altercation begins for control of a weapon the only logical outcome is to kill or be killed. I can not blame any police officer for firing their weapon in such a situation.

I doubt it, too.

I'll be interested to see what the Dept of Justice's independent autopsy says, as well. It hasn't been released to the public yet.

What I'd like to believe is that it will make a difference to those who were so gun-ho ready to convict the officer and the police department as a whole. But I doubt it will. Too many people don't want to let facts get in their way.

We still don't have all the facts! The consistent delays, misinformation, flat out lies, and so on that have surrounded this case have made people extremely skeptical. The obfuscation and lack of transparency from the very beginning is troublesome. I am not saying, at all, that Officer Wilson is guilty of anything but protecting himself. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. We don't know. What we do know is that the police have been acting like they have something to hide. If they were more forthcoming, I don't think people would be so quick to believe the worst. 

I think the police department has acted correctly given the situation.  They had riots on their hands and no matter what was said or done it would not have stopped them.  They've let the criminal justice system take it's deliberate course.  The ones responsible for whipping up the frenzy are the media.  They've been the ones to report misinformation and lies.  

Okay, he was falling down OR lunging forward according to the autopsy. It definitely rules out that he was running away or had his hands outstretched in surrender. Lunging is just as likely as falling forward. 

If you don't trust the officers in this case you should also not trust the eyewitness accounts or (edited to add) the media either.

No, that's not what I said. I'm saying that the autopsy reports have contradicted eyewitness accounts. I was also directly responding to Busypea saying she didn't trust the cops. I think taking the autopsy report into account that those eyewitness reports aren't entirely accurate either. And neither is what the media has been reporting.

Dr. Judy Melinek, a forensic pathologist not involved in the autopsy,
told the newspaper that the finding “supports the fact that this guy is
reaching for the gun, if he has gunpowder particulate material in the
wound.” Melinek also told the newspaper that the autopsy did not support
witness accounts that the fatal shot, later, was fired while Brown was
running away from the officer or had his hands up.

The autopsy does not contradict witness accounts at all.