The WaPo article is mostly human interest get to know Dorian Johnson We have a little of that for Brown but then he s the dead guy It would be hard to justify it for Johnson I did manage to pick out a couple of basic bio bits just to justify the new subsection I ll wait about 24 hours for any dissent Dorian Johnson 22 was with Michael Brown at the time of the shooting They had been acquaintances for five months ref name WashPost Friend Johnson received his high school diploma in 2010 through a special program The following year he attended Lincoln University in Jefferson City for two semesters ref name WashPost Friend In mid 2011 Johnson was charged with the misdemeanor of filing a false report He later pled guilty to the charge which was related to an incident in which he gave a false name to police after being arrested on suspicion of theft The theft charge is still pending ref name STLToday Witness