Quote Originally Posted by gazhekwe View Post
From my reading of the posts above, I can see that the concerted effort to smear Michael Brown's life and turn him into a thug succeeded.

1. Maybe he did rob the store, maybe he shoplifted, maybe he did neither.

2. He was not stopped for shoplifting or robbery. He was stopped for walking in the street.

3. Right here, something different could have happened. The officer could have politely asked him to get off the street. That is not what happened.

4. Michael Brown could have meekly gotten off the street. That is not what happened.

5. If witnesses are correct, how Michael Brown entered the police car is not completely clear.

6. Michael Brown had good points that have been completely steamrolled by the police and media efforts to smear him and turn him into a thug. Does anyone remember that he was days from his first day at college when shot? He had plans for a productive future.

7. Michael Brown had no criminal record.

He seems to have been an ordinary kid who made some bad decisions that day, one to mouth off to a police officer with a scary attitude.
Yes. I applaud your fact gathering. Good jorb!