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Originally Posted by Guest
Michael Brown was not an angel. I don't think anyone ever said he was. His death was a catalyst. Young black men are tired of being harassed for no reason other than the color of their skin. Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, there is still racism in America. Until the day comes when all law enforcement officers treat black and white youth equally, Fergusons are going to happen. Both the deaths and the rioting.
What occurred in this video is an obscenity, plain and simple. However, I'm with Snopes. This does not look like Brown. The kid is big but Brown was bigger. Brown was lighter skinned. The biggest tell, though, was the earrings. Brown never had his ears pierced.
It might be worth checking something like a YouTube video for facts before posting it here. YouTubes are not known for their veracity.
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You bet your sweet bippy we have racism and so sadly the president and the attorney general made it much worse by not handling this situation in a way that not all of us felt protected. They rallied the folks who acted in such a way that more and more of us lost respect for the behavior of the mob. That isn't how black people act or white people act or Asian or anyone acts to gain positive attention to their problem
And as for the veracity of this tape, who knows? It looks like him and the one that truly WAS him,showing him bullying the small shop keeper who he probably stole from all of the time make it look like he was a big bullying kid. AND if he were white and behaved in the manner described to a police officer, punching him in his police car, he would be one dead white kid.
I feel so bad for my friends who are black who worked awfully hard to be successful with so many strikes against them, so much prejudice, so many hurdles, and now because it is hard to ignore burning, stealing, destroying, they have more to overcome, again.
There is a right and wrong way to do anything.