The pathologist hired by Michael Brown's family to conduct an autopsy on the Ferguson, Missouri, teenager will testify Thursday before the grand jury that is deciding whether to indict a police officer in Brown's killing, according to family attorney Anthony Gray.

Dr. Michael Baden, the former medical examiner for the city of New York, conducted a second autopsy on the 18-year-old's body after a local medical examiner performed one.

Though the grand jury has until January to make a decision, the prosecutor's office has said that an announcement on whether it will indict Ferguson officer Darren Wilson could come as early as mid-November.

 

Witnesses to the shooting say that Brown, an unarmed African-American, had his hands in the air as if he was surrendering when he was shot by Wilson, a white officer. Authorities have said that Brown tussled with Wilson and tried to take the officer's weapon.  

 

"Grand juries often hear a variety of evidence from many different sources," he said. "Calling this expert is consistent with the prosecutor's promise to present all the available evidence to the grand jury."

 

On my point of view this is crazy, like police been going out of control killing innocent people for no reason. He had his hand in the air, unarmed was it necessary to shot him, I think they should bring justice to him and make the police officer pay for what he did, lately we been closing our eyes, and let such a thing go but this time they need to send a message once for all some police thinks they can do whatever they please, just because they are wearing a police uniform. They won't even get in trouble for their action.