Posted on 09/06/2014 6:04:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Michael Brown: typical teenager who died tragically, or dangerous thug who invited trouble?
Did you know Michael Brown was a killer?
Did you know he was a devoted gang member with an extensive juvenile record who routinely robbed convenience stores and committed acts of mayhem? And did you know that when Officer Darren Wilson shot Brown, he wasn’t using unjustified force, he was defending his life? The 6-foot-4, 300-pound 18-year-old fractured Wilson’s eye socket while reaching for his gun, and was killed while charging at Wilson to land another blow.
If this sounds suspect—if it sounds almost unbelievable—then your head is in the right place. Nothing in this narrative is true. Racist innuendo aside, there’s no evidence Brown was a violent gang member, nor is there evidence of any serious wrongdoing—as a juvenile, Brown was never convicted of a felony nor was he facing charges as an adult. And while Wilson was taken to the hospital after his encounter with Brown, he didn’t suffer serious injuries—the fractured eye socket is a myth.
But if you read websites like the Independent Journal Review, dive into far-right media, or explore the world of Darren Wilson support pages, you’ll find plenty of people who buy the fantasy. They reject the mainstream picture of Brown: A typical teenager, struggling to carve an identity and a life out of his beliefs, actions, and missteps. In their minds Brown was a budding criminal, and Wilson a hero. Or, as one Wilson supporter said during a demonstration for the officer, “We’ll all see this in the end that it was a good shooting. You know, it was a good kill.”
We know why the Brown family was quick to give a loving portrait of Michael....
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
New “journalism”. Accuse everybody of racism and then write a piece full of bovine scatology. Typical from the Saloon.
What is this guy smoking?
Utter
bovine
excrement.
The new racism- 1st you claim everything done to a black man is racism and then you justify all violence towards white people.
“And did you know that when Officer Darren Wilson shot Brown, he wasn’t using unjustified force, he was defending his life?”
Why, yes. Yes I did.
Oh, horsesh1t. One look at his behavior in that video and you know damned well that wasn’t his first rodeo.
Never mind, I read Jamelle’s bio
I certainly hope that kind of thug isn't typical!
I wonder if this Slate person saw the inflammatory Time Magazine cover. The skinny little guy kneeling on the ground,hands raised, facing multiple car lights-—police I suppose.
It works both ways,Jamelle.
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Funny how they manage to miss the stories where whites are rightfully charged with murder of blacks or where whites are victims of blacks.
I wonder if the author realizes, that "Jamelle"
is not
a f***ing
name.
Darren Wilson is a hero for eradicating the world of a future murderer. Brown was a despicable thug and is eternally roasting with Ted Kennedy, Adolph Hitler, Margaret Sanger, Jimmy Hoffa, Malcolm X, Osama Bin Laden and other servants of satan.
Just wondering where all the pictures of Wilson are, since he’s fine.
Racist spin doctor author ping. Thanks 2ndDivisionVet. The author of the screed drops the usual racist semantic bombs — right wing, extreme website, and of course how all supporters of the wrongly accused police officer are saddling onto fantasies about the thug who was shot, and do so because they are all racists (that’s the very topic, found right in the title of the screed) and how the raging violent racist mobs are in the right.
Did you know that Lizzie Borden, who murdered both her parents, was acquitted of those murders? Just like OJ Simpson in the 20th century, neither one was convicted of criminal acts — which means they were completely innocent and wrongly accused.
I guess that wouldn’t fit his meme that Brown was just a kid walking down the street minding his own business.
oh sure I’ll bet it was the Easter Bunny that made up all the ultra violent lyrics to all those ultra-dirty, disrespectful rap songs.
I’ll bet Buck Rogers cooked up his Facebook page, uh-huh.
I’ll bet a Hollywood hologram robbed that convenience store.
Sure, he ran away with his hands up, shrieking that he only wanted to go to college and have kids.
Uh-huh.
ping
New racism: commit a crime against a specific race. Get shot to pieces. Have your next of kin deny that you are a thug and politically crucify the man who brought you to final justice.
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