The article says "No witness has ever publicly claimed that Brown charged at Wilson."

Remember, with this video of a witness describing Brown: He "KEPT COMING TOWARDS the police" I do recall tantrums in the YouTube comments claiming that Brown DIDN'T keep coming towards the cop yet this worker is saying that Brown came towards the cop for 20-25 feet.

We really have to keep in mind that witnesses aren't always accurate and that there are already contradictions in statements. Crenshaw makes the claim "at no time did I see him move towards officer, he may have taken one centimeter of a step forward." BUT the workers says Brown came 20-25 feet. I think the worker characterizes that as Brown doing it "while dead" but we should remember that the family autopsy said only the last two shots were fatal so he wouldn't have ben "dead" and it is possible if he hadn't kept coming at the cop he could have lived. Who walks "dead" for 20-25 feet? Doesn't sound possible.

I do agree that I tend to give Brady more credibility and his time estimates make much more sense, but Johnson is adamant that he was standing right next to Brown and within an arms length of Wilson when the first shot was fired from inside the SUV and it was from that position that he saw the blood on Browns shirt.  From an 8/12 MSNBC article, "I could see so vividly what was going on because I was so close, said Johnson, who said he was within arm's reach of both Brown and the officer when the first of several shots was fired at the teen."  

I believe Johnson said he and Brown both ran after the first shot and Johnson ducked behind a parked car and it was from that position that Brown ran past him and, according to Johnson, yelled at him to keep running.

I think the timeline you posted is probably fairly close.  I don't know about the first contact with jay walkers being exactly 12:01, but its probably close enough for use in discussion.  Also, we don't know that all clocks are in sync, but again, probably close enough for discussion.  

I am going to guess that with police arriving at Canfield just seconds after the shooting that they were on arrival from the earliest call Wilson made and not the call of a disturbance.  My guess is that Wilson probably didn't call in about seeing a couple of jaywalkers, but more likely to report that he saw someone that he suspected might have been invovled in something more serious and was calling for support.  Some believe that he may have called in after the "scuffle" before taking pursuit and this would explain why Dorian says it took him 2-3 minutes to get out of the vehicle.  I tend to agree that Johnson doesn't literally mean 2-3 minutes but is his expression for some time passing and is an indication that Wilson didn't pursue immediately.  Could be he was dazed, could be he was calling in support.

Here is the video of Johnson saying he did at least have physical involvement in the door slamming shut on the officer.  (starts around the 3:00 mark of this interview with Sharpton).

So again, my question, which contains hypotheticals/speculation on both ends since not all the facts are known, is which is more likely to have occurred; two individuals (or one if it makes you feel more like answering the question) involved in a strong armed robbery 10 minutes earlier would attack a police officer out of fear of getting busted, or that a police officer would pull out a gun and want to shoot and kill 1 or 2 guys in broad daylight simply because they were jaywalking?

The fact that he was not arrested speaks loudly that he was not involved in the tussle.

No witness puts him anywhere near  that window.

AND one witness in particular, James Brady, says that at the time of the arm-wrestling at the front window, Johnson was on the other side of the SUV, at the front passenger side of the SUV -- nowhere near the tussle.

The fact that he was not arrested speaks loudly that he was not involved in the tussle.

So whoever adds details you like, that is what happened, and any other details is from a nut?

How many patron's were in the store?
At least 4 (the one who called 911, Johnson, Brown and man in white t-shirt standing at the door before the store clerk tried to block Browns exit.  We know that Johnson has talked to police about the incident and the person who called 911 gave a statement.

How many employees were in the store?  At least 2 (I assume just 2).  The police said they met one employee in the parking lot when responding to the call and that employee gave a description and direction Brown was headed.  Then there was the clerk who Brown shoved out of the way and went back at before the clerk backed off.

Dorian Johnson gave an interview to Sharpton on 8/12.  In that interview, he stated that as the officer backed up to them, they jumped out of the way because the SUV had come close to hitting them.  They were then at the officers door, only an inch away as the officer tried to forcibly open the door.  The door hit both he and Brown and bounced off of them and back into the officer.  In the interview, Johnson first said the door nearly knocked the wind out of him, then said that it barely touched him (which one is true, we have no idea).  So, yes, we do have information that Johnson was involved in the door bouncing back at the officer and the statement comes from Johnsons own account.  This interview is quite interesting as its always more revealing to listen to a witnesses own words than what an author of an article wants you to read.  

Because your hypothetical is nonsense especially when compared to the historical.

Johnson did not shoplift anything in the store or commit a crime for which he had to fear arrest. If he had they would have had him in handcuffs instead of letting him give interviews to the press that afternoon.

And the car door bouncing off of Johnson's leg is not the struggle that the Chief of Police noted took place at the front window of the cruiser. The Chief did not say that the struggle was between Wilson and the other two.  He said it was just between Wilson and Brown. If he had any evidence otherwise then he would have said so right up front and Johnson would have been in handcuffs for that one.

Instead Michael Brady who has given his statement to the FBI says that Johnson at the time of that struggle was standing at the front passenger side of the police cruiser. He was not involved in it.

Johnson is the one who said the door bumping into him almost knocked the wind out of him.  Not sure how that happens if it just bumps his leg.  Also, Johnson had a warrant for his arrest for theft, giving police false information and then skipping court.  Whether he felt he was in the free and clear on lifting the cigarillos, he certainly knew the other issue would land him in jail.  Being associated with the man who committed the strong armed robbery, whether eventually charged or not would not be something he'd want to face.  As for jumping in front of cameras, some people just can't help themselves and I'm guessing he felt emboldened by others around him.  He doesn't strike me as terribly intelligent.

The name of the game is to piece it all together rather than as some are doing to try to prove that everybody except the one who is pleading the 5th is lying.

Unfortunately for Johnson he was telling his story immediately and he sounded winded with adrenaline still pumping.

He says Wilson did not follow Brown for 2 or 3 "minutes" at one point when he obviously meant 2 or 3 "seconds".

But if you put what Johnson said and Brady said you get a better idea of how it went down.

Brady said the Johnson was on the front passenger side of the SUV when the gun went off meaning that he would have ducked behind a car on that side.

Johnson says that Brown ran past him. He couldn't have done that if he ran immediately to the back of the vehicle and then down the street because Johnson would have been on the other side of the SUV ducking down.

So Brown then must have run the long way -- to the front of the SUV and around it and then past Johnson ducking down on his left and then down the street.

That's how Johnson could say that he ran past him and he could see blood on his shirt.

What corroborates all these witnesses is not so much each other but the 74 second timeline from when they met on the street per FPD to the last bullet fired 74 seconds later per the audio recording and the 2nd FPD officer arriving 8 seconds later.

You might stretch the truth but you can't stretch time.

Wilson made contact with jaywalkers at 12:01:00
Disturbance on Canfield first reported 12:01:50
Glide recording of shots created at 12:02:14
2nd Ferguson PD unit arrived 12:02:22

The "disturbance" would have been while they were tussling with each other at the front window of the SUV.

Though he can't be in two places at once it is possible that the tussle lasted long enough for Johnson to run from the door to the right headlight where Brady saw him, and then back again to the front door to grab the cigarillos, and as he does so the gun goes off.

So both could be right.

It would be nice to know just how long that tussle lasted. My guess would be about 20 seconds -- long enough for someone to see it and then call 911 and then stay on the line long enough for it to be logged into the computer. My guess is that it began at 12:01:30 and at 12:01:40 the caller connected with 911 and the incident was posted by dispatch at 12:01:50 about the time when Brown ran.

That first shot was peeled out of a window frame down the road -- so if that one hit Brown at all it would have to have been the one that grazed his upper arm providing the blood that Johnson saw.

 I'm sure that the tee shirt that he was wearing would be able to tell if he was shot in the arm and ran for 20 seconds or if he was shot there and then fell flat.  

The 12:01:00 time for the initial encounter comes directly from Ferguson PD and they have said it multiple times. I think it's accurate since they know exactly when he left the sick call -- 12:00:00 and they do have GPS on those vehicles.

I would think and hope that if Wilson called in at all then that call and it's time would be part of the timeline the police gave us, but it's not.

For example we know that the left the sick call at 12:00:00 because he called in to say so at that time. In other words they posted that call to central -- but nothing after that.

On Johnson, he is very specific in stating that he was less than an arms length from Brown and Wilson when the shot was fired.  Unless the "tussle" continued after that shot giving Johnson time to get around to the other side of the vehicle, I'm not sure how both Brady and Johnsons stories could be accurate.  

On the shot that was taken from the window frame, I'm struggling with how that shot could have been the initial shot that hit Brown.  With Wilson facing Brown while they struggled at the driver side door, the window that they took the bullet from is in the opposite direction from where Wilson would have been firing through the drivers window.  If that bullet came from the first shot fired in the car and hit Brown, it would have had to make a 180 and gone through the passenger side window of the police SUV, or Brown would have had to been far inside the car with the weapon pointing away from him, grazing him on the wrist as it went through the passenger side window.  I think I do recall from Wilsons story that the weapon at one point was pointed back towards him.

 I don't know what could be more definitive than the FPD's own numbers.

On Johnson, he is very specific in stating that he was less than an arms length from Brown and Wilson when the shot was fired.

Would being at the front bumper of the SUV while they are wrestling at the front driver window be considered by him as an "arms length"??? More than likely.

He's at the window with Brown at 12:01:30 when the tussle begins, scurries around to the passenger side bumper getting ready to run where Brady sees him at 12:01:40. Brown calls to him to take these cigarillos and so he hustles back around the front bumper where he reaches over and grabs the cigarillos from him at about 12:01:50. He grabs them and on his way back around the front bumper at about the front left headlight, he looks up toward the front window and the gun goes off.

 He may have been further than an arms length but that's how he describes the distance in order to point out how close he was when the shot went off and the view that he had. It's a minor point.

On the shot that was taken from the window frame, I'm struggling with how that shot could have been the initial shot that hit Brown.

Have you seen how the SUV was parked diagonally in that video. I'm struggling with how a gun could have been fired inside the SUV and hit that window frame unless the gun was outside the SUV.

With Wilson facing Brown while they struggled at the driver side door, the window that they took the bullet from is in the opposite direction from where Wilson would have been firing through the drivers window.

Not so -- check the Black Canseco video again -- where the cellphone user is  videoing is where that bullet went -- into the apartment just to his left.

"Josie alleged that Brown reached for Wilson's gun and, at one point, had it completely turned against the officer's hip. When the officer shoved the weapon away, it fired, she said."

Trees relative to body

It could be this:

HipHop slide bead bracelet strung on leather, string or gold mesh bracelets and worn by rappers and marijuana/recreational drug users

Are the Ferguson police hiding something from us???

According to FPD the 2nd unit arrived on the scene at 12:02:22 -- 8 seconds after the final shot at 12:02:14.

Are they lying about the time of these arrivals????

Is it possible that the 2nd and 3rd units were there sooner before the last 10 shots and ... well you know the next question.