Watch Police Chief Freeze After Reporters Named Killer Cop Yesterday
[There was a video here]
Ferguson police named officer Darren Wilson as Michael Brown's killer this morning, but if they hadn't it wouldn't have stayed a secret for much longer: At a press conference yesterday afternoon, multiple reporters directly asked police chief Thomas Jackson if Wilson was the cop who took Brown's life.
You can see video of the press conference above. It took place yesterday afternoon, though this footage comes from a segment of The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell in which O'Donnell speculates that Wilson is the killer based Jackson's reaction. That reaction includes Jackson stammering and swallowing, like pretty much any person caught in a lie.
This moment of Jackson's press conference was noticed by a number of people on Twitter:
Police Chief seemed STUNNED about the name Darren Wilson as the cop. That might be the correct guy.
— Ben Bleepin' Gordon (@FmrTankCommandr) August 14, 2014
That cops name gotta be Darren Wilson… the police chief freaked out when the reporter said it #Ferguson #MikeBrown
— Janae Wiggins (@janaemahhhrie) August 15, 2014
Ferguson Chief looked like he shot his pants when he was asked Darren Wilson
— Jamaloquai (@FadedOffLife) August 15, 2014
RT @CoachN_J_: that reporter said Darren Wilson and the chief couldn’t breathe
— Mr. Lucas (@Alyricz) August 14, 2014