People who know him describe him as someone who grew up in a home marked by multiple divorces and tangles with the law.

If there was a greater chance of Brown committing a crime based on his home environment, Wilson also had a greater chance of committing a crime since it has been reported and confirmed by his friends that he had little or no structure in his home life. In fact, there is a chance that Brown's home environment was more stable than Wilson's.

Regardless, to quote Zorba:

It does not seem to have anything to do with the question of whether the police response was appropriate or not.

And what is so shocking about this, even if you assume, which the LAPD guy on CNN did not, assume it isn't a fake?? No one doubts Brown was shot by Wilson.

As to the pause, that's simple.

Wilson shot at Brown. He had no idea how many times he had hit him... Wilson paused. Brown kept coming. Wilson shot him again.

and when he realized that Brown was still alive and he only had 5 rounds left he moved closer to Brown during "the pause" so that he could finish him off.

Didn't stop what -- breathing???

It's alleged that Brown called out that he wasn't armed, "stop shooting;" since we know the last bullet is the one that killed him, it's possible Brown pleaded with Wilson during that pause - and then Wilson fired the remaining shots.

I think it's entirely possible Brown was moving, whether he was turning around and beginning to go to the ground as a result of his injuries, it would make no sense for him, unarmed, to "bumrush" a cop who was already shooting at him - and hitting him.  

And the pause merely means that Brown didn't stop after being shot and Wilson fired again

Then after Wilson got out of the SUV and chased after Wilson for a few seconds came this volley of 5/6 shots then the pause as Brown, 35 feet from the vehicle, turns around while Wilson moves closer and then the  final 4 shots.

The 3 second pause hurts Wilson, but at this point I don't think by much.  The entire firing was over in less than 10 seconds.  I remember those that were so sure GZ was  guilty because of various minor pieces of evidence too.

Does it conflict with Wilson's account of what happened?  

Mags range from nine to thirty three capacity I know of with third party options that may be larger.

The test is if the tape is more probative or prejudicial.

I heard the St Louis County Information Officer say that the law is that they are supposed to fire until the threat is neutralized.

I think in this case that threat was neutralized:

1] when the kids ran

2] when Brown was 35 feet away running in the opposite direction with his back turned

3] when after being hit he turned around and surrendered with his hands up at a distance of 35 feet

4] when he was on the ground writhing in pain from 4 of the bullets he took

If the loverboy video chat indicates eleven shots and missed the supposed one shot in the car that would account for the twelve rounds.

Did Wilson simply return the gun to his holster or did Wilson lay it inside the car when he moved his car after the shooting?  When? Did another cop take Wilson's gun from him and bag it?

How and when did Wilson leave the scene? With another cop or unaccompanied and in what vehicle?

Can any video be enlarged enough to make Wilson's holster visible as the cops stand around Michael's body?

Thank you, Uncle Chip, for noticing my comment. The whole fact of a jaywalking offense that involves a gun has perplexed me ever since the shock of it all wore off.

Nope --

I think he  and any kid would be more inclined to be "kool man" or run away just like he did.

That makes no sense.  It makes so little sense that I wonder if more was made out of the incident in the store than was actually the case.

As to the inaccuracies, I don't believe Brown walked over to the SUV, rather, Wilson drove up alongside Brown and Johnson to order them off the street.  Wilson then drove past them, slammed on the brakes, threw his vehicle into reverse, spun it in the opposite direction and came to a stop right up against Brown.  So close that when Wilson went to throw the door open, it hit Brown.  Brown either instinctively pushed back on the door, moving Wilson back onto the seat - or - the door bounced off of Brown with the same result.  That was when Wilson is alleged to have grabbed Brown and pulled him in through the window opening and further struggle ensued.

It's all well and good to speculate, but it generally works better when the basis for the speculation isn't also speculative, don't you think?