--- description: See what he said about his fatal encounter with Michael Brown title: Darren Wilson Grand Jury Testimony Michael Brown Case image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bd7435ecf09ae72/69876acb5f570f54f8b13c78/darren-wilson-ferguson-pd.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read Darren Wilson's Testimony to the Grand Jury by [Zeke Miller](/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 25, 2014 6:37 AM CUT  Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson Ferguson Police Officer Darren WilsonSt. Louis County by [Zeke Miller](/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 25, 2014 6:37 AM CUT Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson described his side of his fatal altercation with unarmed teen Michael Brown in testimony to a St. Louis County grand jury last month. The St. Louis County Prosecutor’s office released the transcripts late Monday after the grand jury [decided against indicting Wilson](http://time.com/3598612/ferguson-grand-jury-decision-darren-wilson-michael-brown/ "undefined") in Brown’s death. In his testimony, Wilson described stopping Brown on the street and alleged that Brown attacked him as he tried to exit his patrol car to confront Brown, who he believed matched the suspect in a theft. Wilson claims Brown repeatedly swung at him, and maintained “total control” of his gun once he unholstered it to defend himself. Wilson managed to grasp Brown’s arm, he told the grand jury, saying, “When I grabbed him, the only way I can describe it is I felt like a five-year-old holding onto Hulk Hogan.” He described two shots ringing out from his patrol car during the altercation, claiming he would be shot by his own gun during the struggle. Wilson goes on to claim that he chased Brown down the street, and fired the fatal shots once Brown turned and moved back toward him. Read Wilson’s testimony below: \[scribd id=248132491 key=key-8dDLvF8EqfFKWdmJeGmT mode=scroll\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3604295/darren-wilson-grand-jury-testimony-read/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3604295/darren-wilson-grand-jury-testimony-read/"},"headline":"Read Darren Wilson's Testimony to the Grand Jury","datePublished":"2014-11-25T06:37:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:21:12.527Z","description":"See what he said about his fatal encounter with Michael Brown","url":"https://time.com/3604295/darren-wilson-grand-jury-testimony-read/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bd7435ecf09ae72/69876acb5f570f54f8b13c78/darren-wilson-ferguson-pd.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bd7435ecf09ae72/69876acb5f570f54f8b13c78/darren-wilson-ferguson-pd.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson","caption":"Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson","creditText":"St. Louis County","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3604295/darren-wilson-grand-jury-testimony-read/","name":"Read Darren Wilson's Testimony to the Grand Jury"}}]}] ```