In the court transcript of the grand jury of the case State of Missouri vs. Darren Wilson​, we can read the testimony Darren Wilson made to the court about the events that happened on August 9, 2014 that involved himself, Dorian Johnson and Michael Brown. During his testimony, Darren Wilson states that every action he took on August 9, 2014 was to protect himself for what he says was a “threat of losing his life”. Wilson states in his testimony that during the morning of August 9 he received a radio call of an incident involving a robbery and one of the suspects was a person wearing a black shirt, and one of the items that were stolen was a box of cigarillos. Later that day while driving his car he encounter two men walking in the middle of the street. When he asked the two men to step away from the street and walk onto the sidewalk an argument started that escalated very quickly leading to a physical encounter that involved a gun use between him and Michael Brown.
While reading Wilson testimony one can not seem to understand how a person that has a height of 6’4 and a weight of 210 pounds could feel like a five year old trying to hold Hulk Hogan. This was a reference Wilson made by stating “And when I grabbed him the only way I can describe it is I felt like a five year old holding onto Hulk Hogan”. The compassion Wilson makes in this statement makes Michael Brown seem like a huge monster that is capable of destructing him with a blink of an eye. This is a very important statement that applies to our discussion in class about adolescence and monstrosity. Sadly since Michael Brown died due to the incident, we can only know what happened based on Darren Wilson testimony along with some “evidence” provided to the jury. We may never hear Michael Browns side of the story which leaves the opportunity to Darren Wilson to tell the story based on his convenience and judgement.
*This is a re-post, of the post I send via e-mail on 2/3/2015.
