Capt. Ron Johnson Slams Ferguson Presser: Shooting and Alleged Robbery ‘Two Separate Issues’

Captain Ronald Johnson, the Missouri State Highway officer widely credited for restoring peace to the city of Ferguson, was not happy with how the news of Michael Brown’s alleged involvement in a strong-arm robbery prior to his death was presented.

“I think we probably could have said some things a little bit different at that press conference, and maybe given out some information in a different way,” Johnson said calmly in an impromptu interview with KSDK, adding that he was not part of any discussions about how to proceed with the press conference.

His concern: Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson only released documents and evidence pertaining to Brown’s involvement in a convenience store robbery (in which he did not have a weapon), but failed to release anything about the shooting itself.

“I think [the robbery and the shooting] are two separate issues. People in our country commit crimes every day,” he observed. “I don’t want to mix the two, I’m not going to say that one justifies the other, and I think if we’re going to give answers, we need to not give hints. We need to say it.”

Watch below via KDSK:

[h/t Keith Boykin]
[Image via screenshot]

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