It changes my feeling a little now seeing Brown grabbong the little store clerk and shoving him around. Not quite the nice kid his profile first appeared to show. Was he racist against Indian people? he sure didnt seem to be the compassionate boy as described. Its all to bad. This should be a lesson put out. Do bad things and Karma or whatever you want to call it comes around to bite you in the ass, and sometimes the bite is dissproportionate.
I dont believe still that Michael Brown deserved to be shot 8 times if his hands were up, but now I see that him and his friend are responsible for starting the events that unfolded. His friend needs to also be held accountable in some way for Michael browns death, it was both their decision to bully the store clerk because they knew they had the advantage and thought nothing would happen to them.
I see now it is likely that Brown did strike the officer, the other thing is Michael was like 6'5 and almost 300 pounds. His friend claimed the officer grabbed him by the neck with one hand from inside the patrol vehicle? Obviously the witness testimony from him is worthless as he also partook in the robbery.
At least for that day, Michael Brown was acting like a thug and put himself in a position of danger. Robbery doesnt merrit being shot to death, but there was also some kind of assault for sure. The whole thing is a crying shame, the officer should not have shot him if he was surrendering and still needs to be held responsible if thats true. But it needs to be recognized he didnt simply pull aside two Black kids and threathen to shoot them as first reported. Funny how the truth usually lies somewhere in between the two extremes... just like in real life.