Darren Wilson: There's 'No Way' Michael Brown Put His Hands Up (VIDEO INTERVIEW w/ WILSON)

Posted: 11/25/2014 6:43 pm EST
Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson opened up for the first time in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, part of which aired Tuesday evening, less than 24 hours after it was announced a grand jury would not indict him for the death of Michael Brown.

Wilson said there was "no way" Brown put his hands up before Wilson fired his weapon, as some witnesses have described. Wilson said he thought, "he will kill me if he gets to me" when he saw Brown come toward him.

Wilson: “When he stopped, he turned and faced me, and as he does that his right hand immediately goes into his waistband, and his left hand is a fist at his side, and he starts charging me.”

Stephanopoulos: “What did you think when you saw that?”

Wilson: “I didn’t know, I mean, my initial thought was, is there a weapon in there?”

Stephanopoulos: “Even though he hadn’t pulled something out earlier when he was confronting you.”

Wilson: “Yeah, it was still just the unknown. And again, we’re taught to, let me see your hands.”

Stephanopoulos: “As you know, some of the eyewitnesses have said, when at that moment he turned around, he turned around and put his hands up.”

Wilson: “That would be incorrect. Incorrect.”

Stephanopoulos: “No way?”

Wilson: “No way.” more