Eric Davis, Brown's cousin, reiterated that Jackson had said the shooting was unrelated to the alleged robbery and called the video “smoke and mirrors to divert the attention away from what really occurred.”

The officer who shot Brown was identified Friday as Darren Wilson, 28. His identity was released at the same time that a police report was made public revealing that Brown was suspected of having stolen a box of cigars from the convenience store and assaulting a clerk before Wilson shot him.

- Michael Brown’s Family Accuses Police of ‘Character Assassination’, NBCNews.com, August 15, 2017.

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