slate | After announcing that a grand jury had declined to indict officer
Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown, St. Louis County
Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch took the unusual step of publicly
releasing the evidence that jurors reviewed. The transcripts include
Wilson's own lengthy testimony about the fatal incident, key points of which are excerpted below.
Throughout, Wilson dwells on how he was frightened by Brown's
size—the 18-year-old was 6-foot-4 and nearly 300 pounds—and aggression.
At one point, Wilson says that Brown's facial expression made him look
"like a demon." At another, he explains that he felt like "a 5-year-old
holding onto Hulk Hogan" as he struggled with Brown through the window
of his police vehicle. Wilson himself is also about 6-foot-4.
Wilson begins by describing how he first spotted Brown and his friend, Dorian Johnson.
