re: "Hands Up Don't Shoot" Makes No Sense in the Brown Shooting

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Williams is in St. Louis, and made the media circuit Friday (Aug. 22) to redirect attention from his client and toward the officer who shot Brown, Darren Wilson.

Johnson said in interviews immediately after the shooting that Wilson shot Brown as he was running away.

Skeptics have assailed Johnson's credibility, pointing to a prior arrest for lying to officers. They also note that a recently released autopsy shows that Wilson's bullets struck Brown from the front, which they say contradicts Johnson's story.

Williams defended Johnson's credibility.

There's a reason why someone's prior criminal history is not usually admissible in court, he said; it's usually irrelevant to the veracity of their testimony.

Credibility should be established in the context of other evidence, Williams said, and, in this case, the evidence aligns with Johnson's version of events.

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