Mike Brown's Friend Describes Watching Him First Choked Then Shot Several Times - Complete Interview

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13. There is nothing about the meeting on Canfield in any report that's been released

The Police Chief stated unequivocally that they were not stopped because of the alleged robbery. Whether the officer became aware of the alleged robbery during the course of their interaction is another matter, though that has not been stated by anybody.

Mr. Johnson remains a problematic witness, however, since the two were just coming from this incident, whether you want to call it a robbery, a strong-arm robbery, a shoplifting, or a misunderstanding. The incident occurred not an hour before their interaction with Officer Wilson, not two hours before, not 45 minutes before, but less than 15 minutes before. And Johnson is on record being very vague about how he had met Mr. Brown that day, where they were coming from, etc. They were coming from the store where this incident had happened. That's where they were coming from. It's nice to think that that won't come into play in a court, and that it is not relevant. It may even be, conceptually.

But Mr. Johnson is not an ideal witness because his television appearances look like lies on the matter of the incident, and that's going to be a problem for prosecutors.