Oh please tell us what the threat was with two guys walking in the street, I'll wait for the answer on that one.
It's not that they were necessarily a threat, but a safety risk...To themselves or others...It is within the cops authority, and in fact is his job to tell them to get off the street...They are at that moment, impeding traffic.
Have you ever driven through a all black neighborhood on a warm day or evening? or, would you be too afraid to. Sounds to me like Wilson wanted to assert his authority, then escalated the situation. Yup, he should have been a Walmart security guard.
"On Canfield Drive, First Encounter
Wilson leaves the scene of the sick call and encounters Michael Brown and Dorian Johnson on Canfield Drive.
"Josie," a purported friend of the family, relays what she says Wilson's "significant other" told her about what he said happened next. The account matches what Wilson has told investigators, a source tells CNN.
Josie: "They were walking in the middle of the street. He rolled his window down and said, 'Come on guys. Get out of the street.' They refused to and were yelling back, saying we're almost where we're going and there was some cussing involved."
Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson also said Wilson approached Brown because he was "walking down the middle of the street, blocking traffic."
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"Tussle, first shot
Josie: "So he goes in reverse back to them. He tries to get out of his car. They slam his door shut violently. I think he said Michael [Brown] did. Then he opens his car again and tries to get out and as he stands up Michael just bum rushes him, and just shoves him back into his car, punches him in the face and then of course Darren grabs for his gun and Michael grabs the gun. At one point he's got the gun totally turned against his hip and then he shoves it away and the gun goes off."
"The genesis of this was a physical confrontation," St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said.
Wilson tries to exit his vehicle but Brown pushes him back into the car, according to the preliminary investigation, Belmar said.
Brown physically assaults the police officer and there is a struggle over the officer's gun, Belmar said.
A shot is fired inside the police car.
Brown's wounds included a shot to the hand from close range, the official autopsy found, according to a report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper, the source of which was confirmed as genuine to CNN by a county official.
Brown's blood was found on Wilson's uniform and inside the police car, law enforcement sources told CNN.
At least one of the wounds and the blood could be consistent with a struggle at the police car."
What happened when Michael Brown met Officer Darren Wilson - CNN.com
Now that the GJ is over we know that Johnson was if nothing else a liar, trying to protect his friends honor with his tall tale...It was clear that Brown not only attacked the officer, but tried to get his gun.
You may not like that Wilson had not only the duty after that confrontation to pursue and arrest Brown, but that when Brown turned and came back at Wilson, after already being assaulted, had the duty to protect himself from another attack...Brown made some poor decisions that day, and unfortunately caused his own death, but make no mistake, Brown was responsible for his own death. No one else.