Who committed a murder? The cop? Justifiable homicide!
Even if the cop is prosecuted, it will prolly be manslaughter so I don’t see how Pinnochio is tied to a murder.
They talked to him about the legal problems to himself for lying on the record, signing a police report that summarized his assertions, I.e. “He was running away. Was shot in the back.”
And for all we know, his assertion that Brown “raised his hands and said ‘Don’t shoot!’” .. if the facts disprove that as well, at that point I suppose he’ll withdraw that assertion also.
Now it looks like it may all have been ‘shuck and jive’.
try to understand legal principles here.
If you cause a death by a criminal act, you can be charged with MURDER!
It’s called “felony murder”: if you commit a felony, and someone dies in the process or in the escape, YOU are responsible.
That includes an observer dying of a heart attack during perp’s exit from a bank robbery.
In this case, Johnson was party to a felony (no question, it’s on video), and as he & his cohort were leaving his cohort died.
Moreover, his cohort assaulted a cop, and his cohort died - be it while escaping or re-engaging the assault (covering BOTH standard theories of the event, be it Brown being shot in the back while fleeing or submitting, or in the front as he returned to beat the cop again). He admitted to being a party to the incident, so he’s screwed no matter what’s proven.