Seems that in order to save the young man, the officer should have allowed himself to be pummeled, had his gun taken, and been shot by the young man. Of course, then the young man would later encounter another police officer, who probably also should have sacrificed himself, so as not to cause the “needless, violent death” of the young man.
UGGGH
From what I’ve gathered from his actions before and during the time he got himself killed, Brown appears to have been another product of the black underclass fated to live a very short life.