Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Mo., police officer that fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old in August, says he wouldn't have done anything differently and was just doing his job, Business Insider reported on Tuesday.
He spoke to George Stephanopoulos from ABC News in a secret location, and said he feared for his life when he says Brown reached inside the police car for his gun. Brown charged towards him, and he said he felt in physical comparison, so he had to shoot Brown to defend himself.
This is the first time Wilson has broken his silence since the grand jury's decision not to indict Wilson in an a death that sparked national outcry over racial tension and excessive police force in the United States.
Though he's sorry for the loss of life, he would not do anything differently and doesn't have any regreats. Wilson, when asked, added that it would have been the same situation even if Brown was white.
Witnesses to the crime said that Brown had his hands up and was surrendering when Wilson shot him roughly six times to the front of the body. Wilson and the court said Brown's DNA was found inside the court, and Wilson was treated for swelling on his face at the hospital, the New York Times reported. The outcome caused protests to erupt, with many feeling that the officer acted inhumanely and held racist views of people of color.
