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Friend Who Witnessed Michael Brown's Death Due In Court
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The friend who was with Michael Brown last summer when 18-year-old Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer made his first court appearance Monday on a misdemeanor charge linked to an unrelated incident involving police last month.
Dorian Johnson, 23, declined to comment to The Associated Press after the brief hearing ultimately postponed until July 13 after neither of his attorneys showed up. Neither attorney responded to messages seeking comment.
Prosecutors on May 7 charged Johnson with resisting arrest or interfering with a lawful stop or detention, alleging that he tried to hinder the previous day's arrest of his younger brother, 21-year-old Demonte Johnson, "by using or threatening the use of violence, physical force or physical interference."
Johnson and Brown were walking in a Ferguson street last August when white police officer Darren Wilson confronted them. Wilson shot and killed Brown, who was black and unarmed, following a scuffle.
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