article_snippet: Such a tactic was a violation of the Constitution, a federal judge later ruled.
article_snippet: The genesis of this was a physical confrontation," Belmar said.
article_snippet: Brown "physically assaulted" the officer, Belmar said, and the teen tried to get the officer's weapon.
article_snippet: Ron Johnson stated the robbery and shooting of Brown "are separate issues.
article_snippet: I think both of those being released today was not needed and was not the way that we needed to go," Ron Johnson told CNN.