News Jun 30, 2011 at 4:00 am

Cops Find No Video of Ferguson Shooting—But Mystery Lingers

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An .07% BAC is under the presumptive level of intoxication for DUI; However, it does not mean he was sober. Particularly so, considering the cocktail of other substances he had ingested. You may be convicted oif DUI even with a BAC under the presumtive level if there is clear indicia of intoxication (like bad driving and failed Feild Tests.) While he he may not have been "drunk" (as the Merc put it), he certainly was under the influence, and impaired. Private security systems can range from very detailed, to just plain awful, depending on their quality, maintainence, and placement. Even if he had no drugs of alcohol in his system, the officers were fully justified in employing deadly force because, by his actions, the suspect lead officers to believe that their lives were at risk. The bottom line is: If you don't want to be shot and killed by the police, don't point what appears to be a firearm at them. As for Internal Affairs and the Use of Force Board, they were probably waiting to get the results of the hard drive before making their findings. Without a doubt, they will find the officers were justified in their actions. (Because they were...)
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Prescriptive medications, illness & diseases can cause false positives for heroin & cocaine. So once again, it raises more questions as to the type of drug testing by the medical examiner and if the findings were compared to medications prescribed to Darryel Ferguson's physican. And if the medical examiner can determine if the positive results were due to "street drugs" or legal perscriptions for his diseases.

Sources stated prior to the release of the toxicology test stated he was very drunk, which has now been disproven. So what is the REAL story behind this shooting...


http://www.stardetox.com/false-positive.ht…

Cocaine - Substances or Conditions which can cause false positives
Kidney infection (kidney disease)
Liver infection (liver disease)
Diabetes
Amoxicillin, tonic water

Opiates - Substances or Conditions which can cause false positives
Poppy Seeds
Tylenol with codeine
Most prescription pain medications
Cough suppressants with Dextromethorphan (DXM)
Nyquil
Kidney infection, Kidney Disease
Diabetes, Liver Disease
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why is anyone even surprised that the evidence was obviously tampered with. This is the real world and this stuff happens every day old news move on
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Clearly, these pigs are covering up a MURDER they commited! Clearly, these pigs have gotten to Amsden. Where's the fed. investigation into this criminal cover-up???
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The "Take home message":

If you point a replica handgun at a police officer's head at close range, don't be surprised when he shoots and kills your dumb ass.

A concept so simple that, perhaps, even you may understand it D. On second thought, no...probably not.
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Guess what dumb-ass, the cops NEVER IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES!
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It is amazing to me that people take things for granted in this and many other cases. Tell me would you feel the same way if it had been you on the other side of that door, after being in a confrontation? Come knocking on my door at 3:00am and June Cleaver won't answer it either! Just be a status quo...that's what they want...
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Do I think there was a cover up by the two shooting Portland Police officers in this case...YES!

The door to the apt was one that had to be opened with both hands & it was on a piston system meaning it closed by itself when released. And once again there was no clear view of the hallway to see who was at the door, as there was a Christmas wreath hanging on the door with the peephole in the center obscuring the view to the left/right of the door.

If Ferguson had one hand on the dead bolt & one hand on the knob to open the door which swings to the right, the bb gun could not have been in his hand, because both hands would have been used to open the door; meaning the gun would have been in his pocket or waistband.

If you read both officer's GJury statements they vary with what happens prior to and at the door of D. Ferguson's apt door.

With a suspect answering a door with an officer on both sides of the door, puts D. Ferguson between them. The time it took for him to open the door, draw the bbgun while taking steps across the threshold, into the hallway and pointing a bbgun at the officer on the right's head; makes me wonder what the hell the officer on the left of the door was doing. I think that portion of the story is false and was fabricated to cover up the first officer's mistake. Witness stated he heard an officer say "he had a gun" meaning the officer on the right did not see the weapon; and he did not know the reason for his partner firing his weapon..he just followed suit and fired the fatal shots.

I think the officer on the left of the door spotted the gun, either in his pocket or waistband, yelled out and began firing. Logically if Ferguson was in the middle of two officers, turns his back to the officer on the left to take two steps and place the gun at the officer on the right's head; there was ample time to taze, shoot or subdue Ferguson by the officer on the left. Instead he backs up, squats and fires excessive rounds into a wall next to the door...no doubt in my mind he panicked the moment he saw the butt of that bb gun. Which raises the question of if it was even in his hand at the time the shooting started.

Now, this brings us to the damaged video, which was viewed by the manager of the apartments, who stated he never saw in the security video Ferguson come over the threshold or pass the doors frame. The manager called the police; who took the evidence from the scene and returned it damaged. Why is that? Now it is the word of the apartment manager against the entire PPD. This case stinks to high heaven...and it could be someone you know on the loosing end of a PPD visit in the future....

Justice for Darryel D. Ferguson

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