Brown and Johnson could still have responded as Johnson said they did - "hey, we're almost home," at which point Wilson still could have stuck with the calm approach, "I hear ya, but you know, your families would never get over it if I let you stay in the street and you got hit by a car or something, so let's eliminate that possibility by moving on over to the sidewalk."

But, maybe that's not the kind of approach the good cops of Ferguson were trained to take in their interactions with the community.  Maybe they were trained to treat people like Mike Brown and Dorian Johnson like vermin.

But here's what I know: the longer the interaction can be friendly, or at least not belligerent and aggressive, the less likely it is that things are going to head there.  Wilson, by all accounts, never considered the Officer Friendly approach, so we'll never know if the outcome would have been different if he had.

And Brown wasn't going very fast or very far without shoes and with a bullet in him.

 And remember Wilson had buddies on the way -- so why the rush to pull the trigger???

7 seconds from calling dispatch and not even telling them that shots had been fired, he begins to pump his last 10 bullets into Brown finishing in another 7.

What was the big rush -- was he embarrassed to face his buddies about what had happened at the Tahoe and had to cover it up by finishing it off???

"...we have several witnesses confirming that Wilson instructed Brown to halt and none, that I've found, who can affirmatively state he did not.",

whitecap333: "Do you lead with your chin like this in court?  Our 'star' witness, the celebrated construction worker, was indeed "read his rights" under Miranda (Vol.12, p. 185.)"

... in terms of professional credentials, that you can confidently lead with nothing more than your big mouth?

FYI, that construction worker swore an oath to tell the truth in front of the grand jury, before he testified. (Volume 12, p. 149). That's not the same thing. In fact, nowhere on p. 185 -- or anywhere else in this witness's testimony, for that matter -- does anyone refer to this witness having been "Mirandized." The only witness who'd be read his rights would be a material witness, likely to occur when that person is also a suspect. How is this particular witness a suspect?

Do you understand the difference between swearing an oath to tell the truth in a legal setting, and being read your rights?

There was absolutely no reason for you to have insulted Yman personally like that, particularly when it's readily apparent that he's right and you're quite wrong. You obviously did not read this witness's testimony in its entirely.

In fact, were I a betting man, I'd wager that you haven't read Volume 12 of the grand jury proceedings at all, and that you're likely reposting something you read in another blog, in which this witness's particular statement is taken completely out of context. If you're going to cite one single statement on page 185 of Vol. 12, you really ought to read the rest of his testimony regarding the actual shooting, which actually takes up about 25 pages.

Why are you so vested in this case, to the point of utter obnoxiousness? This man was an eyewitness to an event which you did not see happen. Further, he was also caught on video at the scene, so there's no doubt that he was there. And since you weren't, you also have absolutely no business calling this man a liar, too.

And within a couple of seconds the three officers came up and the one just pulled up and shot him."... I'm still looking for info on this guy's helper.

Here's your evidence that even the Prosecutor in his press conference admitted to.  I guess you missed that and the video at the scene that confirms it.

It shows a  unit [Unit 24] arriving on the scene at 12:02:22 -- 8 seconds after the last shot was fired 12:02:14 and then another unit [Unit 25] arriving about 20 seconds later.

The Timeline of the shooting

I think that adds up to 3 -- what's your count???