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Yes. You can do that. Drive 10 miles an hour. Give others his location as he travels. Mob him. Don't murder him.
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You left out the part that at the point when Brown allegedly charged Wilson, he had already been shot by Wilson once (when he had reached into Wilson's car). So the facts are actually that Wilson had very good reason to think Brown was unarmed (because an armed person would not have tried to reach into his car in the first place), left the safety of his car to pursue Brown (meaning he cannot reasonably say he feared for his life at that point, because he could have just stayed in his car and waited for backup if he had), had time to switch to a less lethal tool while approaching Brown and yet didn't, and then shot Brown (who, again, was already gravely wounded) six times when he allegedly charged him
I don't doubt that what Wilson did was technically within the letter of the law and police policies in the US, but I don't think you can seriously argue he was a victim >

Maybe if he were a regular citizen. But police are allowed to arrest you for a crime - so he had a right to try and arrest Brown a citizen wouldn’t have. >

Plenty of people who get arrested get arrested without being shot. Plenty of people who resist arrest get arrested without being shot. Why didn't Wilson switch to a less-lethal method after leaving his car, unless it was his intent to execute Brown on the spot? Moreover, is it not a reasonable assumption, if you have already been shot by a cop and they chase you down with gun drawn, that they are about to execute you on the spot? >

No, that isn't a reasonable assumption. You don't switch to a less lethal method for someone who had just reached for your gun and who already has enough adrenaline that they're still fighting after being shot in the hand. >

Then don't get out of the car to pursue him alone, right? If he's a threat to the life of the officer, well then you wait for backup, surely. >

Let the guy who already assaulted a cop just roam free?

Federal prosecutors questioned Wilson as to why he did not drive away or wait for backup, but instead chose to pursue Brown despite the attack he just described. Wilson explained that he ran after Brown because Brown posed a danger to others, having just assaulted a police officer and likely stolen from Ferguson Market. Given Brown’s violent and otherwise erratic behavior, Wilson was concerned that Brown was a danger to anyone who crossed his path as he ran.