Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson, who shot to death unarmed teenager Michael Brown in the St. Louis suburb while on duty, says he feared for his life and wouldn’t have done anything differently.
“All I wanted to do was live,” Wilson told ABC News in an exclusive interview.
A grand jury decision Monday not to indict him in connection with the fatal August shooting has sparked riots in Ferguson and calls for calm from President Obama. The shooting also sparked weeks of protests in Ferguson and the surrounding St. Louis area.
Wilson told the network about the struggle he faced with Brown as the teen allegedly punched him in the face.
“I didn’t know if I’d be able to withstand another hit like that,” he said. “I had reached out my window with my right hand to grab onto his forearm ’cause I was gonna try and move him back and get out of the car to where I’m no longer trapped.”
“I just felt the immense power that he had. And then, the way I’ve described it is, it was like a 5-year-old holding onto Hulk Hogan. That’s just how big this man was.”
