Please keep discussion civil and objective. I am open to any and all criticism as well as suggestions for changes to the content of the charts.

The Testimony chart has citations included whenever possible for the latest clarified answer that was provided.

Executive summary of the contents of Witness Statements.

Outside of the witnesses claims that were later admitted to be known falsehoods and claims blatantly opposite physical evidence, the chain of events and locations where specific actions take place are consistent.

Due to the police vehicle itself having heavily tinted windows the ability of witnesses to provide any details regarding the altercation at the vehicle depended heavily on the angle and distance from which they are viewing everything. Similarly their ability to report distances within a reasonable margin of error was probable to be the result of viewing angle. Witnesses viewing events from inline with the street it took place on are more likely to have a wider margin of error reporting distances. As such very few witnesses report distances accurate when providing their first statement, which isn't unusual.

There's considerable variance in reporting the sequence of gun shots at the start of the incident in regards to the first short (if witnessed), the second shot, Brown backing away from the vehicle, and Brown running. Most witnesses have their attention drawn to events by the first or second shot (unclear which) and as a result there's a high number of them that admit to or are likely to be drawing the conclusion that Brown is being shot at while running away from the vehicle during the second shot. The first shot in the vehicle lodges into the vehicle door and is the most likely to have inflicted the only close range wound that's in Brown's right hand. Resultant blood spatter from when that wound was inflicted was in multiple locations on the inside of the vehicle door.

There are no gunshot wounds in the autopsy that can be used to prove Brown had his arms raised in surrender when shot at. All of the witnesses that claim to see that either had considerable evidence conflicts in other claims, later admitted to being a significant distance from the scene, later admitted to an obstructed view of that part of the scene, or made very specific details for that same claim that conflict with physical evidence. I have made sure to only add evidence conflict flags when that specifically took place.

No witnesses report the number of shots accurately because of how quick in succession the second and third sets take place.

Charts updated to include the DOJ Report witness numbers next to the GJ document witness numbers.

Also added marks to indicate which witnesses that same report considered to NOT be credible.

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