Not anymore it doesn't.
Brown was a huge criminal punk who attacked a guy with a gun.
He got justice.
The hell it doesn’t. If Michael Brown was 4’2” does anyone think he would have been shot for any reason?
I'm 6-7, 275 pounds. Just my size alone can scare people.
>>He was not an 18-year-old teenager
Right. He was an adult, deemed legally competent to make his own decisions. He chose poorly. If an 18 year old is only a teenager, then lets take away their right to vote because the ones who aren’t in uniform at age 18 vote stupidly.
It's not unreasonable to assume that the people shot by police are criminals.
It's not universal, sure, but let's not pretend that it's never true.
Almost nobody “deserves” to die. But if you jump facefirst into a plastic shredder, it isn’t going to end well.
Lol - nobody “criminalized” him.
Nobody had to say a word - just run the tapes and show us his criminal record. Perhaps he has “criminalized” himself.
The only thing missing is replacing the emphasized phrase with, "redneck crackah".
Gee, Lee..."racist" much??
Should of course be able to punch out cops whenever he feels like it, hold up neighborhood stores, intimidate his neighbors, father children when and where he pleases, and collect innumerable benefits from the state.
What the author fails to realize is that Action= Reaction, even in this Darwinian scenario. Michael took his usual action and got what was for him apparently, a rather stronger opposite and equal reaction than he had anticipated.
Maybe not in bed
But in a fight . . . yeah
And if a pro lineman size white cop had beat an average size black to death size wouldn’t matter, right?
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I’m a 6 foot tall, 350lb man. So you’re telling me that a jury would look kindly upon me fighting with a 120lb, 5’4” tiny shopkeeper? Peddle your fish back in Africa, Bozo.
It DOES matter if he used his size to intimidate and threaten and there is video proof of that - his big size evidently gave him a “big” head as far as over-estimating his power over people just because he was ‘big’. It DOES matter when he’s throwing punches - there was considerable weight, mass & power behind those punches. It also likely DOES matter because a larger size/bulk will absorb more lead, unless it’s a kill shot.
He wasn’t shot because he “looked big” .... he was shot because he’d already proved himself a danger to the health, safety and life of the officer he was probably charging so he could inflict round #2 of damage. If he’d been a scrawny little guy, he would have likely not thrown punches to start with & been running like a scared rabbit away rather than charging an officer with a gun - in that regard, his size DID matter.
This epitomizes what is wrong with liberal opinion. I am taller than Brown was and almost as big. And if I assaulted a cop, tried to take his gun and then charged him, he would be entirely justified in shooting me.
The liberal chooses to ignore inconvenient facts in crafting their memes. A conservative shapes their opinions based upon the facts. If it turns out that Brown did not charge Wilson or assault him or try to take his gun, then Wilson should be prosecuted. But the fact that Brown stole cigars, assaulted the store owner and then was walking down the middle of the street gives a pretty good indication of his state of mind that day. The fact that Brown was not shot in the back, as claimed by a witness, shows that witness has no veracity. Given the facts we have so far, there is nothing that indicates Brown was just minding his own business and got shot for being large.
Typical victimization apologist for the blacks. This tripe is causing the black community to choke on the b.s.
"...criminalizing the person who was killed."Imagine that; wanting to turn Michael Brown into a criminal by making his activities of theft from a store, assault & battery against a store clerk and a cop illegal!!