Source: Ferguson Cop Who Killed Michael Brown Was “Beaten Very Severely” Before Shooting

Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Mo., police officer
whose fatal shooting of Michael Brown touched off more than a week
of demonstrations, suffered severe facial injuries, including an
orbital (eye socket) fracture, and was nearly beaten unconscious by
Brown moments before firing his gun, a source close to the
department’s top brass told FoxNews.com.

“The Assistant (Police) Chief took him to the hospital, his face
all swollen on one side,” said the insider. “He was beaten very
severely.” 

That’s from a story written by Hollie McKay at FoxNews.com.

The source told FoxNews.com, the 6 foot, 4 inch, 292-pound Brown
charged Wilson, prompting the officer to fire at least six shots at
him, including the fatal bullet that penetrated the top of Brown’s
skull, according to an independent autopsy conducted at the request
of Brown’s family.

Wilson suffered a fractured eye socket in the fracas, and was
left dazed by the initial confrontation, the source said. He is now
“traumatized, scared for his life and his family, injured and
terrified” that a grand jury, which began hearing evidence on
Wednesday, will “make some kind of example out of him,” the source
said.

Whole story.

Via
Drudge.

There’s no question that Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s
insistence on a
“vigorous prosecution” is disturbing, as it implies a legal
process directed by political expediency rather than rational
deliberation. But beyond the above account’s reliance on a single
anonymous source, the actions of the Ferguson and St. Louis County
cops are a bit tough to square.

If Darren Wilson was badly injured in the incident, why
not disclose that sooner (and openly)? And what was up with the
release of the surveillance tape apparently showing Brown ripping
off a convenience store earlier on the day he was killed? The feds
asked the locals not to do that but the Ferguson chief did anyway,
even as he said the arresting officer had no knowledge of the
robbery. The 

source insisted that there was absolutely no spin agenda behind
the tape’s release and that there were a number of Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) media requests filed by media outlets
seeking it. [Ferguson Police Chief] Tom Jackson is said to have
waited on publicly releasing it, and did not want it shown until
Brown’s grieving mother first had the chance to see it.

“He defied the FOIAs as long as he could,” noted the insider. “A
powerful, ugly spin has completely ruined public discourse on this
whole situation.”

Is it possible that Ferguson authorities have managed to
make an even bigger mess of things by withholding information that
might have quelled some of the rage residents felt in the wake of
Brown’s shooting?