The Mystery of the Missing Bullet

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Woman shot at Ferguson protest: Police took the bullet and now claim they don't have it
by sosadmin

Mike Brown’s death at the hands of Officer Darren Wilson was the first shooting death in some time in the suburban St. Louis community of Ferguson. Thanks to sustained protest and outcry from the community and people concerned about civil rights nationwide, the whole world knows Mike Brown's name. But just days after Brown was gunned down by the officer, another person was shot in Ferguson. The circumstances around the shooting are completely bizarre, and raise yet more troubling questions about the police. Also troubling is how little the media is mentioning the name and circumstances of Mya Aaten-White.

On August 12, Mya Aaten-White was walking back to her car after leaving a protest near the now infamous Quik Trip in Ferguson, Missouri. Shots rang out. She remembers a young man telling her she’d been shot in the head. She remembers police on the scene questioning her. She took a photo of herself in the ambulance and posted it to Instagram.

The media immediately reported that it was a drive by shooting. But Aaten-White doesn’t understand why the press is saying that; she doesn’t remember any cars, just the young black men who helped her to safety, and the cops on the scene who questioned her while she lay prone with a bullet in her skull.

Doctors didn’t remove the bullet for a few days, worried that they’d injure her worse. After they operated and dislodged the bullet, police officers showed up at the hospital and took the evidence. Her lawyer has since tried to find out where the bullet went. Neither county nor Ferguson police officers have any idea what bullet they’re talking about.

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[BlueCaliDem]

1. This can only mean that this was a cover-up by the police.

I can't see any other rational explanation why the cops would confiscate the bullet and then deny there even was one.

[A Round Tuit]

10. Perhaps it's on a stretcher....

at Parkland Hospital?

Sorry.

Not making light of the situation, but some coverups become laughable.

This one will be a "magic" bullet in that it disappeared on it's own.

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. Welcome to DU!

love your screen name......

and your comment.
yes, indeed.
Ferguson is ready for a prime time comedy show that is writing itself.

[WillyT]

2. K & R !!!

[wandy]

3. K&R Good find.

[BlueCaliDem]

4. Here's a video where a police officer admits that "a lady was shot in the head".

The lady he's referring to is Aaten-White.

Then he clams up when he's asked, "Who shot her in the head?" and instead, falls back on the "Go! Go!" to get rid of those pesky 1st Amendment supporters.

[tblue37]

6. Guilty parties always fall back on the passive voice. nt

[daleanime]

5. If this is true....

I truly fear for us all.

[FreakinDJ]

7. They need to Fire the whole Police Dept and start over

[ReRe]

13. You're absolutely right, Franklin

... and what's more the FBI needs to pack everything up and haul it out to be investigated. If anything is amiss, press charges on every wrong they find.

[Salviati]

14. Yup

The department seems to be full of either criminal incompetents or incompetent criminals.

[MineralMan]

8. The doctor will remember removing it.

If the Police lost or got rid of the bullet, then they are liable for their incompetence or deliberate action. A lawsuit will sort it out.

[TrollBuster9090]

20. Oh, I think they'll 'find' the bullet. It just won't be the actual one the doctor removed.

It'll probably be one from a 'cold piece' they found somewhere.

[sadoldgirl]

9. Would the police not have to sign a document

to the hospital for release of evidence?

[tom_kelly]

11. Nah, that would be too legal n/t

[Shrike47]

12. One just can't help but think it was a police bullet...

[progressoid]

15. This is rotten to the core.

[ReRe]

16. I watched the video...

... so I now have a "long-term cookie" in my computer. Are we scared? Are we very scared?

Mya Asten-White needs to sue the police and sue the GD hospital for allowing it to happen. After all, I'd say she owns the bullet, since it ended up inside her head!

This happened 10 days ago. Did her lawyer think of calling the FBI?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. Barney took the bullet out of his shirt pocket?

[barbtries]

18. there is something extremely rotten

in the state of MO.
this is unbelievable. incompetence does not explain it.

[PeoViejo]

19. Badges? We don' need no steenkin' Badges!!

Just think. These cops are on their best behavior with the Media around. Just imagine what they are like without a witness.

[TrollBuster9090]

21. Absolutely! If half-crazed cops are pointing rifles at CAMERAMEN, and yelling "I'll f-ing kill you"

What do they do when there are no cameras and no witnesses around?

[dixiegrrrrl]

23. Her presence of mind amazes me.

taking a selfie and posting it instead of going all hysterical.

Man, if I lived there, I would be organizing everyone to use videos every time they went anywhere.

[frylock]

24. i've said it before, and i'll say it again: this entire PD needs to be dissolved..

and rebuilt from the ground up.