The truth is likely somewhere in between the "Brown was standing with his hands up" and "Brown was trying to run through a hail of bullets to strangle the innocent cop", but why the shit does the cop get out of his SUV, especially if you've never fired your weapon before and were wanting to just keep an eye on Brown until other police arrived? What part of the supposed struggle at the SUV equates to getting out and shooting at Brown? What part of police training is that? Those bruises don't indicate the level of beating Wilson was reportedly enduring. If anything, if you believe the County's medical examiner, Brown has been shot in the hand and is fleeing from the vehicle. You, as a soft and scared cop, leave and wait for it to play it out on his own (suspect reporting to a local ER with a gunshot wound to the hand). The attitude that "gun trumps all" and should be used in that situation is really screwed up.

And looting and burning your own city is still stupid as hell.