Folks, the one witness said that Brown fell about four feet from Wilson.
It is not standard police practice to have someone who just felony assaulted you AND tried to disarm you to walk back toward you. It is however, standard police practice to tell a suspect to turn away, go to their knees, then to the ground and spread their arms and legs.
The witness also said Wilson was backing up. Does anyone believe that he was silent the whole time, not giving a verbal commands to stop, back up, lay down?
Dollars to donuts that Wilson’s videotaped account given to the St. Louis County Police Department will contain statements that he gave Brown loud verbal commands to cease and desist and Brown just kept coming.
I even bet Brown was taunting him by saying “What you gonna do police, shoot me?”
Officer Wilson said, “I’m gonna kill you”. This was in response to having the door slammed on him as he was getting out, and then after trying to get out again being driven back inside the vehicle by 300 lbs of angry black teenager where a struggle for the gun ensued and a shot was fired.
I think it was the appropriate response at the time. It would be mine, even if I only planned to arrest him. I don’t even think I could stop myself from saying it.
Now, the officer MUST have then said something like “HALT”, because Mike stopped running away, turned around and said, “Whatcha gonna do, shoot me ?” If the officer had been silent, Mike’s RESPONSE makes no sense.
Also, as Mike was standing there taunting the officer (with his hands raised (It’s a ‘black’ thing), Dorian yelled “Go, Bro, Go.”
That is when Mike charged the officer for the last time.