FERGUSON, Mo. — As a county grand jury prepared to hear evidence on Wednesday in the shooting death of a black teenager by a white police officer that touched off 10 days of unrest here, witnesses have given investigators sharply conflicting accounts of the killing.
Some of the accounts seem to agree on how the fatal altercation initially unfolded: with a struggle between the officer, Darren Wilson, and the teenager, Michael Brown. Officer Wilson was inside his patrol car at the time, while Mr. Brown, who was unarmed, was leaning in through an open window.
Many witnesses also agreed on what happened next: Officer Wilson’s firearm went off inside the car, Mr. Brown ran away, the officer got out of his car and began firing toward Mr. Brown, and then Mr. Brown stopped, turned around and faced the officer.
So what we have here is a large adult male, fresh off an aggressive robbery, walking in the middle of the road. A police officer stops and says "Get out of the road. You're obstructing traffic." Adult male leans thru the police officer's window and a struggle ensues. Police officer kills large adult after struggle.
Yeah, let's not shed a lot of tears for this one. The world is no worse off today because of this.