“When I grabbed him, the only way I can describe it is I felt like a five-year-old holding Hulk Hogan," Wilson said in the testimony that has been released by the St. Louis County Prosecutor's Office. "The face that he had was looking straight through me like I wasn’t even there … He started to lean forward as he got that close, like he was going to just tackle me, just go right through me.”
So said the 6 foot 2 inch, 210 pound officer armed with a gun, talking about a fat teenager acting aggressively.
I call bullshit on that one. Like any defensive shooting, the shooter will say anything afterwards to make his actions seem more justified.
