Ferguson Friend, Witness: Police Shot Mike Brown 'Like An Animal'

The friend walking beside black youth Michael Brown in Ferguson on Saturday when a white police officer shot and killed him said the 18-year-old victim had turned and put his hands in the air when he was shot “like an animal” in the head and chest.

Dorian Johnson, who has moved his young family out of their home in fear of Ferguson police retaliation, was summoned by police and FBI Wednesday to give his account of the weekend shooting and gave his dramatic account Tuesday to KSDK-TV reporter Farrah Fazal.

The evening of the shooting, over 300 people gathered in the Missouri town where they held a peaceful vigil.

The police making a statement on Sunday that the shooting was Brown’s fault the fault angered the predominantly African-American community and sparked three nights of protests.

Tensions were increased early Wednesday when police shot and wounded a man not far from the site of a community protest meeting, leaving the man in critical condition. Reports say that police shooting did not immediately appear to be related to the civil unrest, “but was jarring to a community already on edge over the killing of the Brown.”

Johnson moved from his apartment with his girlfriend and young daughter because he fears retaliation from police.

Source: USA Today

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