[The Antiyuppie]

The way this is looking, the officer shot to warn, he kept coming, then shot to wound, he kept coming, then when there was no other choice, killed him. I believe that this is considerably beyond what was expected of him, and “by the book”, not the recommended course of action. The recommended course of action, was to drop him immediately.

[dirtboy]

That was my thought as well - Wilson literally tried to 'wing' Brown to deter him, and only shot to kill once Brown closed. Given that Brown had already once gone for Wilson's gun, Wilson had no other choice - if Brown reached him, he could knock Wilson down and take his gun.

As happened with Trayvon, once the perp goes for the gun, lethal force becomes fully justified.

[misharu]

Anti - the cop did not shoot to warn — he shot to save his own life. As the facts will support when it all comes out.

[Tennessee Nana]

There was a mention in the autopsy that the range was up to 30 feet..

Brown could have started from more than 30 feet away yelling threats at the policeman..

The first shot to his arm could have been at the 30 foot mark

and then so on..

there was also a mention of 1 to 2 feet..probably the head shot..

It would not have taken Brown long to close the gap from 30+ feet to 1-2 feet..mere seconds..