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The wiry college dropout with a checkered past and mismatched eyes - one blue, one brown - became a national lightning rod almost overnight.

The August 9 shooting brought the weight of the world's scrutiny on the modest north county suburb of Ferguson, but a significant portion of that burden fell on the narrow shoulders of Dorian Johnson. The eighteen-year-old crumpled onto Canfield Drive as the life drained out of him, staining the pavement red. Seconds later, Johnson saw bullets tear through Brown's body. Johnson says he ducked behind a stopped gray Pontiac and watched as Ferguson officer Darren Wilson pursued his six-foot-five, 280-pound friend down the street. That's when Brown and Johnson took off running. What we do know is that two gunshots went off inside the vehicle, and one struck Brown in the hand. Then again, maybe it was the officer who violently slammed the car door into Brown and instigated the struggle.

Witness accounts differ: Maybe Brown blocked the door and began punching and throttling the officer through the open window. As the officer moved to exit the SUV, something happened.