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Ferguson cop Darren Wilson s key witness extensively discredited in new report syracuse.com
The testimony of a key witness in the grand jury decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown has been called into question in a new report.
"Witness 40", identified by The Smoking Gun as 45-year-old St. Louis resident Sandra McElroy, gave an account of the encounter between Wilson and Brown that tracked neatly with Wilson's own version of events. But TSG uncovered inconsistencies in her testimony, a history of racist behavior online, a bipolar disorder diagnosis and one instance of fabricating a story to insert herself into a different criminal case.
Here are some of the key findings from TSG's investigation:
The report also noted a history of racist behavior on social media, including referring to black people as "thugs," "apes" and "monkeys." It further pointed out that she had been convicted of felony check fraud charges in 2007.
Beside that, a great witness lol...
The testimony of a key witness in the grand jury decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown has been called into question in a new report.
"Witness 40", identified by The Smoking Gun as 45-year-old St. Louis resident Sandra McElroy, gave an account of the encounter between Wilson and Brown that tracked neatly with Wilson's own version of events. But TSG uncovered inconsistencies in her testimony, a history of racist behavior online, a bipolar disorder diagnosis and one instance of fabricating a story to insert herself into a different criminal case.
Here are some of the key findings from TSG's investigation:
- McElroy did not contact police about the shooting for four weeks after it took place on August 9. During that time, she posted messages of support for Darren Wilson online, and one racially charged message about slavery on a news story about the case.
- McElroy's journal contained the most important bits of testimony, including that Brown charged at Wilson "like a football player, head down." But McElroy did not originally reveal the journal when questioned by police, and only procured it 11 days after her testimony in the case was cut short.
- McElroy gave the police her original statement after Darren Wilson's version of events had already appeared in the press. "McElroy's account of the confrontation dovetailed with Wilson's reported recollection of the incident," TSG reported.
- McElroy gave two different reasons for being in Ferguson, a 30 mile drive from her St. Louis home. She originally told police that she was visiting an old classmate and had stopped to ask directions when the incident occurred. Her journal entry, however, describes a different motive. "Well I'm gonna take my random drive to Florisant," she wrote. "Need to understand the Black race better so I stop calling Blacks N------ and Start calling them People."
- McElroy claimed to know kidnapper Michael Devlin in a 2007 criminal case involving the four year imprisonment of a boy. She said she'd previously contacted police about the missing boy. Police found no evidence of past contact with McElroy, and discounted her story as "a complete fabrication."
The report also noted a history of racist behavior on social media, including referring to black people as "thugs," "apes" and "monkeys." It further pointed out that she had been convicted of felony check fraud charges in 2007.
Beside that, a great witness lol...