Darren Wilson Shares His Side Of The Story Via TYT

Published on 26 Nov 2014 "A day after a grand jury declined to charge Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of Michael Brown, Wilson gave his first public interview on Tuesday. In the interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, taped on Tuesday afternoon, Wilson said he wouldn’t have done anything differently in his deadly altercation with Brown on Aug. 9. The network aired portions of the interview on ABC World News Tonight, with additional parts of the hour-long interview scheduled for Nightline and Good Morning America.

In the first aired segment, Stephanopoulos asked Wilson to recall the events of Aug. 9. Wilson, who could potentially face a civil suit for the shooting, gave answers that mirrored his grand jury testimony. Wilson painted Brown as the aggressor, who threw the first punch while Wilson was in the police car. Brown escalated the confrontation with a “barrage of swinging and grabbing and pulling for about 10 seconds,” Wilson told Stephanopoulos. The officer describes Brown reaching into the car, grabbing his gun, and trying to turn it on Wilson to shoot him. Wilson said he fired on Brown and then exited his car in pursuit."* The Young Turks hosts John Iadarola (http://www.twitter.com/jiadarola), Steve Oh (http://www.twitter.com/stevenoh88) and Jimmy Dore (http://www.twitter.com/jimmy_dore) break it down. *Read more here: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slates...