The Obama Diary

There are Americans who think a black teenager reached for a cop’s gun, from 35 feet away, but demand further proof for global warming.

— Michael Arria (@michaelarria) August 13, 2025

“Get the f*ck on the sidewalk” really isn’t consistent with “Brown was a suspect, which is why we stopped him.”

— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) August 15, 2025

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The selective release of information by #Ferguson PD tells us nothing about the shooting. Instead appears to be a basic smear job.

— Alex Little (@AlexLittleTN) August 15, 2025

We are seeing, in high relief, why we need a federal government. #Ferguson

— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) August 15, 2025

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When you look up Darren Wilson, you get pictures of alleged robbery instead. That’s not an accident. pic.twitter.com/izG3BPLPTl

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) August 15, 2025

Unarmed robbery doesn’t justify chasing a kid down, shooting him multiple times, and leaving him dead in the street.

— Aisha C Moodie-Mills (@AishaMoodMills) August 15, 2025

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It took nearly a week for this robbery angle to be introduced by #Ferguson PD. And still no shooting incident report. They’re BACKFILLING.

— Only4RM (@Only4RM) August 15, 2025

A person being shot in the back and/or head by law enforcement is an execution exacted by law enforcement.

— Deepak Chocha (@aurajones) August 15, 2025

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#Ferguson should have come out on Sunday & said this was a bad shoot by #DarrenWilson. What they’re doing now is an injustice to #MikeBrown.

— April (@ReignOfApril) August 15, 2025

Go home Ferguson police, you’re drunk.

— James Downie (@jamescdownie) August 15, 2025

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First, #MikeBrown was accused of shoplifting. Now, it’s a robbery? It’s very telling how the #Ferguson PD keeps spewing lie after lie.

— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) August 15, 2025

All we know about shooting from these docs: at 12:01 pm Officer Wilson encounters Brown. 12:04 pm: second officer arrives, Brown dead

— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 15, 2025

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That moment #Ferguson PD beat up a man then arrested him for getting blood on their uniforms. Now, #MikeBrown is dead http://t.co/917iJ8bfIA

— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) August 15, 2025

Not surprisingly, the #Ferguson police department has a history of really appalling behavior: http://t.co/xq1X0Hf2C3

— Sara Lang (@SaraLang) August 15, 2025

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The coverup the damn #FergusonPolice are doing in the murder of #MikeBrown is a crime too!

— cjtown (@ladyc10) August 15, 2025

#Ferguson chief struggled to remember #MikeBrown‘s name but emphasized the cop who shot him has injuries. There’s a dead young man, sir.

— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) August 15, 2025

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Right. The man in the pictures at the convenience store has on a hat and sandals. Michael Brown has on sneakers and no hat. Come on.

— Cocky McSwagsalot (@MoreAndAgain) August 15, 2025

Why would police caught in a PR nightmare b/c they seemed to shoot an innocent not IMMEDIATELY release fact that he was a robbery suspect?

— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) August 15, 2025

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.@HarvardBLSA students stand in solidarity with #MikeBrown & the #Ferguson community. #HandsUpDontShoot #HBLSA pic.twitter.com/XDZVHCgv7S

— Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) August 15, 2025

What, PRAY tell, does an unrelated ROBBERY have to do with shooting an unarmed black boy? #FergusonShooting #Ferguson

— 3ChicsPolitico (@3ChicsPolitico) August 15, 2025

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Seems to me that if Mike Brown was a robbery suspect, Ferguson PD would have ran with that from the beginning. None of this makes sense.

— Lindsay (@TheKansan) August 15, 2025

So the incident report that’s been released is re an alleged robbery at a local store, NOT the shooting.

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) August 15, 2025

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People just want the ferguson police department to recognize what they did, serve justice, & discuss how it will never happen again…simple

— El Cosby Esq… (@TheCosby) August 15, 2025

Brown was the “primary suspect” in a robbery but not one cop interviewed the man that was with him when he was killed. Bullshit. #Ferguson

— Josélito (@60th_Street) August 15, 2025

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That Ferguson police announce this after almost a week seem suspicious to me. It seems it would have been the first thing mentioned.

— Ray Lawson (@Lawsonbulk) August 15, 2025

BTW shoplifting is practically a rite of passage for white teens. When was the last time one of them had a man hunt called?

— Julia Wong (@juliacarriew) August 15, 2025

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Police chief takes great pains to say that the shooter had “no disciplinary record.” Neither did Michael Brown. But one of them is dead.

— Laila Lalami (@LailaLalami) August 15, 2025

#Ferguson PD really thinks we’re stupid.

— Cocky McSwagsalot (@MoreAndAgain) August 15, 2025

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If Brown and Johnson robbed this store, why wasn’t Johnson arrested?

— Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias) August 15, 2025

Not handed out: a use of force report, any police report written by Officer Wilson, any narrative of shooting

— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 15, 2025

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“What a man is is the basis of what he dreams and thinks, accepts and rejects, feels and perceives.”―John Mason Brown

— Karen Hunter (@karenhunter) August 15, 2025

They lied about the ambulance. Photo proof to be seen. They lied about the shoplifting. QT manager says openly. They lied about #MikeBrown

— rapgamemarymagdalene (@_peech) August 15, 2025

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Next strategy of Ferguson police: Make police officer the victim.

— Cheri DelBrocco (@cdelbrocco) August 15, 2025

Ferguson police chief using classic deflection/distraction to raise more questions so bulk of blame doesn’t rest on Darren Wilson & staff.

— Miles Maker (@milesmaker) August 15, 2025

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I don’t care how many people Darren Wilson didn’t kill before he killed Mike Brown.

— Ashley Ford (@iSmashFizzle) August 15, 2025

Thank God the NRA fights for the people of Ferguson to arm themselves against govt aggression, am I right, Wayne? Wayne?

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) August 14, 2025