[Don Lemon, Cnn:] Good evening everyone from Ferguson, I'm Don Lemon. It has been quite a day here. It began with the naming of the local police officer, Darren Wilson, who shot and killed Michael Brown. It was accompanied by surveillance video released by a police taken in a local convenient store showing two African-American men allegedly Brown and his friend Dorian Johnson stealing cigars and Brown shoving or manhandling the clerk. In a daylong cloud of confusion from Police Chief Thomas Jackson, first leaving the impression that Officer Wilson was responding to the robbery call when he shot Michael Brown, then later today contradicting it.
[Chief Thomas Jackson, Ferguson Police:] There were two separate officers, this robbery does not relate to the initial contact between the officer and Michael Brown. The initial contact between the officer and Mr. Brown was not related to the robbery.
[Unidentified Male:] Why didn't he stop Michael Brown?
[Jackson:] Because they were walking down the middle of the street blocking traffic.
[Unidentififed Male:] Do you mind...
[Jackson:] That was it.
[Lemon:] Having said that, Chief Jackson then gave the local paper and yet another version. The officer he said actually did know about the robbery but was not aware that Michael Brown was a suspect. That is not until he might have seen those cigarillos in Brown's hand. And as you might imagine, neither the changing story nor the decision to release the video to begin with is winning many friends here. You'll hear from the Brown family tonight from Dorian Johnson's attorney and many others. But first, more on the surveillance video from 360's Randi Kaye.
[Randi Kaye, Cnn Correspondent:] Ferguson Market and Liquor, Saturday morning, what you're about to see is what police call a strong armed robbery. They say that's Michael Brown entering the store. White T- shirt, long tan shorts and a red Cardinals baseball hat, his friend, Dorian Johnson right behind him. It's 11:52 a.m. and 58 seconds according to the police incident report, the surveillance camera shows four seconds later Brown is at the counter. Watch closely, see the store employee in the red shirt apparently coming from the rest room, she goes behind the counter. Just 12 seconds later, police say Brown reaches for a box of Swisher Sweets cigars and hands them to Johnson without paying for them. What happens next is a bit obscured by a display case but watch closely here. Police say there's some sort of confrontation involving Brown, a struggle. Police say Brown grabbed more cigars. He'd been in the store now just 32 seconds. Seven seconds later, Brown's friend Johnson puts the box of cigars Brown handed him back on the counter returning them. But police say, Brown just seconds later bends down to pick up some cigars he dropped even looks a customer in the eye then makes his way to the door. At the door about 10 seconds later, a store employee who appears to have a set of keys in his hand attempts to put himself between the man believed to be Brown in the exit door. Still holding the cigars in his right hand, the man police say is Brown grabs the clerk with his left hand and clearly shoves him back into a display rack. It all might have ended there, but take a look at what happens next just about one minute into this. Police say, instead of leaving right away, Brown turns back one final time, advancing on the store employee who tried to stop him. Towering over him, police say it was an attempt to intimidate the employee who quickly backs down. Only then does Brown turn in exit at 11:54 a.m. He's in and out of the store in one minute and two seconds, about 10 minutes later, he's dead. Randi Kaye, CNN, New York.
[Lemon:] All right. Randi, thank you very much and of course the releasing of that video tape driving protesters back here to the spot to Q.T. the to quick check the market some of them now tonight because of the rain or having to stand under the old rain where people are usually pumping their gas. People were upset by the releasing of that video, were you upset by it?
[Unidentified Female:] A little bit.
[Lemon:] Yeah.
[Unidentified Female:] But I believe that the truth will out at the end and, you know, excuses are for people who make them and accept them. And right now, we as a community are not accepting any more excuses that they throw out there to us. We're not taking any more evidence that they throw out to us especially if we're not easily accessible to it then we have a problem with that.
[Lemon:] Is it that much trust for law enforcement here? That much distrust I should say?
[Unidentified Female:] Right now, yes, because how I see it. If that were the case that he committed a robbery, they would have had that on a 4:00 news, the 10:00 news that evening...
[Lemon:] Right.
[Unidentified Female:] ... the early 5:00 news the next morning. They wouldn't have waited almost a week later to delegate or, you know, free their officer or give his name. They had to post together the pictures, they had to post together the video footage and made sure that it was grainy so that we couldn't see and so we know the truth.
[Lemon:] All right. Well, thank you very much. I'm going to show our viewers around here because again tonight here on the street, let's walk this way, tonight here on the street, protesters are gathering even within the rain. It is put it a little bit of a damper on it but really not much as you can see it's backed up for miles as it has been every night for about six nights here. Tonight, not quite as busy as it has been on other nights but the good thing is, is that tonight it has been peaceful as it was last night as well. And earlier, I spoke with Eric Davis, he is the cousin of Michael and Brown and he talked about the release of that video and how his family is dealing with it on this day. Eric, thank you for joining us.
[Eric Davis, Cousin Of Michael Brown:] You're welcome.
[Lemon:] Can I get, first, your reaction to the release of that video tape today?
[Davis:] The release of the video tape, it incited anger inside of me and my family, because we feel that it's just a distraction to get people to turn away from what's really going on and what really happened on Canfield. It's not about what happened at a convenient store, it's about what happened on Canfield when Michael was executed by a police officer on the ground with his hands in the air asking the officer not to shoot and surrendering completely.
[Lemon:] Ben Crump, the family attorney released a statement saying that it is character assassination and essentially blaming the victim, what do you say to that?
[Davis:] I agree. It is character assassination. We have not been happy with the investigation that hasn't been conducted by the Ferguson Police Department...
[Lemon:] So what do you think is going on here to release it on the same day?
[Davis:] What I think is going on is as I stated earlier, it's a diversion and it's an attempt to smear Michael's character so that you can get your eyes off what's really going on and focus on something else. But we're not going to lose our focus. We're going to ask people to continue to come out and peacefully protest.
[Lemon:] Right.
[Davis:] We're going to ask people to remember that this is not about what happened at a convenient store but it's more about what happened on Canfield Drive when Michael was executed.
[Lemon:] You don't think the two have anything to do with each other?
[Davis:] No. They do not.
[Lemon:] Yeah. How do you think the community is going to react and respond to this state because now there is even more suspicion around the actions of the police officers.
[Davis:] I think that what happened with the chief releasing a statement at the same time as he released the name of the officer is just inciting the crowd and making everyone angry and it just fueled the distrust that was already out there for the Ferguson Police Department. I think he just basically added fuel to the fire. And that's why we're coming out asking the public to please come out and continue to protest but we do not want any violence to occur. Do not let them distract us from what our ultimate goal is and that's to get justice for Michael Brown.
[Lemon:] How is the mother doing? How did the mother react to this?
[Davis:] She's completely distraught because it has been very hard for Lesley to raise Michael in a neighborhood like we lived, like we grew up in. I don't know if you understand but being a black male in a community that's definitely has like high crime rates and things of that nature, it's hard to keep your child away from those outside influences. None of us are latched to our cage 24 hours a day. So, they're going to have to go out there and stand up for themselves. And it's been a very difficult task for her to get Michael to even get to the point where he graduated from high school. If you look at the graduation rates of African-Americans, males in that area is not very high. So, what Michael had just achieved was a great accomplishment for him.
[Lemon:] Yeah. And so, what do you think happens after this? Because, listen, you know, the betrayal as we as I've said that Michael's been a gentle giant, a kid who is, you know, never in trouble and had never done anything, and then for this video tape to come out on the same day, you say it's character assassination. The country is watching and saying. "Well, there he is. It's him on the video tape. He did something." So, what's the big issue here?
[Davis:] The issue is it's not what this case is about. It's not about what happened at a convenient store. Again, it's what happened on Canfield Drive when my cousin and had his hands up in the air, knees down on the ground asking the officer who's supposed to protect him not to shoot him. The officer didn't listen. The officer didn't respect that he had basically surrendered and he executed my cousin.
[Lemon:] What do you say to the chief?
[Davis:] To the chief, I would like to say, "Why didn't you release photos of the officer? We didn't have photos of the officer released today. Why didn't you release any other information about the officer besides his name? Why don't we know how many times my cousin was shot? Why don't we know any of the details of what happened on Canfield?" That's what this case is about and it's not about what happened at a convenient store.
[Lemon:] Thank you.
[Davis:] Thank you.
[Lemon:] Best of luck with your family.
[Davis:] Thank you very much.
[Lemon:] And just ahead, Michael Brown's friend Dorian who witnessed his killing. How his story has evolved since we spoke earlier this week. What he didn't say then and what his attorney is saying now.