This is immaterial to the Brown incident. Wilson had more than enough legal reasons to tell Brown and his cohort to get out the middle of the road, and more than enough probable cause to arrest Brown once he realize Brown matched the description of the robbery suspect. It would have been an entirely lawful arrest had Brown simply cooperated.
Again, I have no idea if this would be admissible in the Grand Jury regarding the Brown incident.
But I can tell you, if I was attempting to impeach a witness or defendant's credibility regarding their propensity to lie, I would certainly attempt to find anything I could to impeach their credibility and use it.
But the fact is, it seems Wilson lied to the resident in this video, and it has now been released. It certainly does not look good and will only increase the volume of the war drums.
Well, It seems to indicate Officer Wildon may have megalomaniac tendencies. What if the man, Dorian Johnson, who was with Brown was telling the truth about how it started. He claimed Wilson yelled a profane request to get out of the middle of the street to them as he drove by and then stopped, rapidly backed up and doored Brown when they didn’t immediately comply. That’s when the altercation started according to Johnson. What if Brown didn’t react well to being cussed at and hit by a door and may have pushed it back. This could be when Wilson got his head bruise, if the door hit him. Then, Wilson may have went for his gun and Brown grabbed his gun hand in a failed attempt to keep from being shot. I am not saying this scenario is accurate, but it is as plausible as any other based on what we know. Brown didn’t go into a pcp fueled rage. He had only been smoking weed according to the autopsy result.