“Michael Brown’s parents are expressing their frustration after Officer Darren Wilson spoke out about having a “clear conscience” following a grand jury decision not to charge Wilson for the Aug. 9 shooting of their son.
“His conscience is clear? How could your conscious be clear after killing somebody even if it was an accidental death?” mother Lesley McSpadden said Wednesday in an emotional interview on “CBS This Morning.”
Wilson spoke to ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday, saying, “I know I did my job right.” In the interview, Wilson said he feared for his life as he tried to defend himself against the 18-year-old, who was allegedly throwing punches at him while Wilson was inside his police vehicle. The altercation then shifted outside the vehicle, where Wilson said Brown charged at him after initially running away. That’s when the fatal shots were fired. While witness accounts heard by the grand jury differed, there were some that appeared to back up Wilson’s version of events.
Still, McSpadden said she doesn’t “believe a word” of Wilson’s account.”* 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. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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