Two construction workers who saw Michael Brown’s death are speaking to media.
A memorial at the spot where Michael Brown died.
AP Photo/Jeff Roberson
The outsiders were a pair of construction workers who on Aug. 9 just happened to be working near the spot where Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown. The workers were tracked down the by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch , and then later by CNN. Moreover, the CNN and Post-Dispatch stories appear to build on and corroborate an interview one of the workers did with Fox 2 News last month.
The workers' names have not been published, but a video posted to Instagram shows them standing near the scene. Though the video has been available online for several days, CNN confirmed with the men that they are the ones on camera.
The audio is hard to make out, but CNN attributes the shouted phrase "he had his fucking hands up" to one of the workers. It is unknown who shot the video and the person who posted it online did not immediately respond to BuzzFeed's request for comment.
In any case, the construction workers' account is significant because they are outsiders lacking strong ties to the community. As the Post-Dispatch notes, others who already shared their stories "either knew Brown; lived at or near the Canfield Green apartments, where the shooting occurred; or were visiting friends or relatives there."
These are the most important details to emerge from both the CNN and Post-Dispatch stories on the two construction workers:
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