Michael Brown shooting: Key witness lied to grand jury, was probably nowhere near the shooting
- 9 years ago
A 45-year-old St. Louis woman who made key statements to the grand jury in the Michael Brown shooting case has been exposed as not only a racist and convicted felon, but also a liar, according to reporting by The Smoking Gun.
Sandra McElroy, also known as Witness 40, apparently also suffers from bipolar disorder that she hasn’t taken medication for in 25 years.
McElroy is an outspoken supporter of Officer Darren Wilson, who was responsible for the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown. She has posted comments on social media such as Facebook urging people to pray and support the policeman, while also remaining quite open about her dislike of black people, having referred to them as “monkeys” on her YouTube account, The Smoking Gun reported.
McElroy was a key witness in the Michael Brown shooting case, telling investigators that she saw the teen charging “like a football player, head down” at Officer Wilson moments before Brown was shot to death. This statement corroborated Wilson’s account of the event, which may have affected the grand jury’s decision not to indict him. The statement was also made after Wilson’s version of events had been made public in the media.
However, it is likely that McElroy wasn’t even in Ferguson the day of the shooting, and police have already dismissed her statement as “a complete fabrication.”
When investigators asked her why she was supposedly in Ferguson when she actually lived 30 miles away, McElroy said she was trying to visit a friend she hadn’t seen in 26 years. She said she didn’t have the correct address and had no cell phone, so she pulled over to smoke a cigarette and ask directions from a black man standing under a tree. This, according to McElroy, was when she saw the shooting take place before her.
Investigators pointed out the inconsistencies in McElroy’s story to her, to which she responded, “I know what I seen, I know you don’t believe me.”
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Sandra McElroy, also known as Witness 40, apparently also suffers from bipolar disorder that she hasn’t taken medication for in 25 years.
McElroy is an outspoken supporter of Officer Darren Wilson, who was responsible for the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown. She has posted comments on social media such as Facebook urging people to pray and support the policeman, while also remaining quite open about her dislike of black people, having referred to them as “monkeys” on her YouTube account, The Smoking Gun reported.
McElroy was a key witness in the Michael Brown shooting case, telling investigators that she saw the teen charging “like a football player, head down” at Officer Wilson moments before Brown was shot to death. This statement corroborated Wilson’s account of the event, which may have affected the grand jury’s decision not to indict him. The statement was also made after Wilson’s version of events had been made public in the media.
However, it is likely that McElroy wasn’t even in Ferguson the day of the shooting, and police have already dismissed her statement as “a complete fabrication.”
When investigators asked her why she was supposedly in Ferguson when she actually lived 30 miles away, McElroy said she was trying to visit a friend she hadn’t seen in 26 years. She said she didn’t have the correct address and had no cell phone, so she pulled over to smoke a cigarette and ask directions from a black man standing under a tree. This, according to McElroy, was when she saw the shooting take place before her.
Investigators pointed out the inconsistencies in McElroy’s story to her, to which she responded, “I know what I seen, I know you don’t believe me.”
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