Did Mike Brown grab the gun or not?

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23. We will never know because the gun wasn't tested for prints

This is from the HuffPo article, "Ferguson Grand Jury Evidence Reveals Mistakes, Holes In Investigation"

Reading this makes it clear this case was not investigated thoroughly because the police saw no reason to investigate it thoroughly. From the beginning it appears as though the decision was made that it was a good shoot.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/25/ferguson-grand-jury-evidence-mistakes_n_6220814.html?utm_hp_ref=black-voices&ir=Black%20Voices

4. Investigators did not test Wilson’s gun for fingerprints.

Talking with police investigators and before the grand jury, Wilson claimed that Brown had grabbed at Wilson's gun during the initial incident in the police car and that Brown's hand was on the firearm when it misfired at least once. Wilson also told police that he thought Brown would overpower him and shoot him with his own gun. “I was not in control of the gun,” Wilson said. Eventually he regained control of the weapon and fired from within the car.

Investigators could have helped to prove or disprove Wilson’s testimony by testing his service weapon for Brown’s fingerprints. But the gun was not tested for fingerprints. An investigator argued before the grand jury that the decision was made not to test the weapon because Wilson “never lost control of his gun.”