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ICYMI: St. Louis Reporter: Dorian Johnson, Now Hired by City As a Temp, 'Rose to Fame' in Michael Brown Saga

Source:  MSNBC
By Tom Blumer, Dec. 10, 2014, Newsbusters

St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Nick Pistor has quite an odd take on Dorian Johnson, the closest eyewitness to the killing of Michael Brown by Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson in early August.

The occasion enabling Pistor to publicly purvey his perception was news on Monday that Johnson had taken a job with the City of St. Louis. Before getting to those details, let's look at Pistor's astonishing opening paragraph (bolds are mine throughout this post):

Michael Brown witness Dorian Johnson hired to do work for city of St. Louis

Dorian Johnson, who rose to fame as a witness to Michael Brown's fatal encounter with Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, has been hired to do work for the city of St. Louis.

"Rose to fame"? How about "became infamous"?

A montage of key figures in the Brown killing at the Post-Dispatch (click through to number 4 at the link) describes Johnson as follows:


Johnson, 22, was walking with Brown when they encountered Wilson. Johnson was with Brown during the incident a short time before at the Ferguson Market and Liquor.


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