It may have made a big difference in how Brown reacted to being stopped by a cop. If he thought he was being stopped and arrested for strong-arm robbery, he may have decided he did not want to go to jail and to fight instead.
That’s exactly my point, too. Brown knew he just robbed a store and assaulted its keeper. His paranoia could have triggered the entire violent response to the LEO.
A friend of Officer Wilson phoned in a radio show yesterday with his story. According to the friend dispatch had just advised the officer about the strong arm robbery and he saw Brown walking down the street and accosted him. That’s when it got physical. Supposedly the fight for the cop’s gun ended in a shot being fired inside the patrol car and they found an empty casing in the car.
According to Dorian Johnson's account, they were walking down the middle of the street when the cop drove by and told them to get the f--- onto the sidewalk. Instead of moving to the sidewalk, they responded they were almost home, causing the cop to become enraged at their 'attitude'. The cop reached out his window and grabbed the "gentle giant", initiating the confrontation that ended in his shooting.
So, one must ask the question, Why, if they had just robbed a convenience store, would they have not been relieved that the cop only wanted them to get out of the street? And why would they have divulged the approximate location of their 'home'?