News reports related to the Ferguson, Mo., grand jury and its impending decision on whether to indict officer Darren Wilson for the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown frequently forget one thing: Wilson and the Ferguson police department’s side of the story.

Brown was unarmed when he was shot dead by Wilson in late August. Some witnesses claim Brown was killed with his hands in the air. Wilson and Ferguson police, however, say a struggle between the two parties took place before the shooting and that Wilson acted in self-defense.