Darren Wilson: I Gave Brown Opportunity To Stop, He Ignored All My Commands

Darren Wilson to Stephanopoulos: I Worried Michael Brown ‘Would Kill Me’ (Mediaite)

Officer Darren Wilson detailed his confrontation with Michael Brown in an excerpt tonight of his interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. He recounted the event just as he did in testimony to the grand jury, telling Stephanopoulos that Brown was aggressive and combative with him.

Wilson rebutted witness testimony that he attempted to pull Brown into his car, and said there was a “barrage of swinging and grabbing and pulling for about ten seconds.” After Wilson grabbed his gun from Brown and Brown ran, Wilson chased after him. Stephanopoulos asked why he didn’t just stay in the car. Wilson said, “My job isn’t to just sit and wait.” But after he chased Brown, Brown stopped, then turned around and charged at Wilson. And Wilson said he was worried “he would kill me.”

Stephanopoulos asked him if he could have done anything differently and if this would have ended any differently if Brown was white. Wilson said no to both counts.