The issue focused on whether police should have been able to target someone as he or she was walking down a street.

Mugshot of Michael Brown. St. Louis County Police Department/AP Photo

In an interview with The Associated Press, Mark Williams, the officer who shot Brown, said that when he heard what happened in Ferguson, Mo., he thought it might be part of a pattern. "I really think this is just going to keep growing and grow," he said.

For now