the officer didn t stop go burn for robbery, he stopped him for walking in the middle of the street. martha: thank you. joining me now is the filmmaker behind stranger fruit, jason pollock. good to have you here. hello. how are you? i am simply stunned by that report. simply stunned. beautiful job. martha: have a question for you. to me, what are you proposing, legally? it makes no difference whether a robbery happened or a trade for pot happened or a bank got robbed or he was home doing his homework. what matters is what happens in the street when he and officer wilson and counter each other. so, why have you focused so heavily on what happened in the convenience store? interesting way to phrase this. i have completely agree with you. the reason we put out this convenience store tape now is so that people can get over it. he didn t rob the store.
the edited step it leaves out critical context. we went back. we looked at the entire video sequence and it was agitated. he did leave out context. for example, the filmmaker did not show the clerk talking to michael brown, clearly debating whether to make or trade for whatever he had put on the counter. the film maker did not show the clerk taking back the sodas and the cigars and putting them back on their shelves. the lawyer at the convenience store says brown tried to barter but he failed. listen to him. this is the argument that is going on between michael brown and the clerks. what do you mean? you want to barter with me? what you mean i can trade with you? why not? come on, man. the language got heated and it got ugly. the filmmaker stands by his claim that the footage would have changed the narrative that michael brown was shot after robbing a convenience store. police say it irrelevant because the officer didn t stop go burn