Dorian Johnson lied to the FBI. Some of his lies are easily contradicted by cell-phone videos of the scene.
Mike Brown was shot as he was facing the police officer. It appears from his position that he was advancing toward the officer and was at a distance of about 15-20 feet when he fell. Mike Brown was not shot in the back.
Mike Brown and Dorian Johnson had just robbed a convenience store less than 20 minutes earlier and assaulted a store clerk. Their take? A $50 box of cigars. This was captured on the store video tape.
The officer says that both Brown and Johnson assaulted him in his vehicle, and that Brown attempted to grab the officers gun. A shot was fired inside the vehicle.
The officer said that Brown and Johnson started to run away and the officer commanded them to "Freeze". Brown turned and started advancing toward the officer in a threatening manner. "Bum-rushed" was the description given by the officer. The officer fired a number of shots into Brown, which failed to stop him. The last fatal shot was to the forehead.
Audio tracks from the police radio appear to match the officer's report.
The Press, and the Federal Government have attempted to minimize or actively suppress information that would justify the police shooting. The local police have also ordered their forces to stand down in the face of rioting.
Things aren't working out so well.
The fact that store tapes show "St Michael" starting to leave the store ,after the theft ,
and then turn around ,come back ('bum rush')and threaten/grab the neck of the smaller employee/ by-stander before leaving the store.
This makes all the more likely that following the assault on the police officer in his vehicle
that "St. Micheal" attempted to come back ('bum rush') the police officer as hapened at the store.
As just stated : 'The best indicator of human behavior, is previous behavior !'
My comment from another thread;
—“The shoplifting video has no connection to Brown’s police interaction that resulted in his death.”
Balogna! He was a punk, feelin’ his oats after strong-arming a shop owner. He was a belligerently striding down the middle of the street, proudly affirming his masculinity and blackness. I figure when he saw the cop, he thought he was gonna be busted for his strong-arm robbery, and he went haywire! Too bad toxicology takes so long! I’ll bet he was as high as a kite!—