Roland Martin: Brown Robbery Allegations Come Too Late

The police in Ferguson, Missouri waited way too long to reveal that 18-year-old Michael Brown, whose shooting sparked days of rioting, was a suspect in a robbery, says Roland Martin, host of "NewsOne Now.''

"If Mike Brown was involved in a theft on Saturday, you don't wait six days later to actually say it. That's one of the things you simply don't [do],'' Martin said Friday on "The Steve Malzberg Show" on Newsmax TV.

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"The police chief also was dropping hints as opposed to actually being forthcoming with information.

"But at least we're finally getting something from the Ferguson Police Department that's been a joke for the past six days.''

Martin was unarmed when he was shot by a police officer who stopped him as a suspect in an earlier robbery. That sparked protests which resulted in rioting, looting and arson.

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