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Michael Brown's legacy continues to evolve
AP ^ | 11-28-2014 | DAVID CRARY

Posted on 11/28/2014 6:22:57 PM PST by Citizen Zed

"Here's the lessons from Ferguson America," wrote rocker and conservative activist Ted Nugent on his Facebook page. "Don't let your kids grow up to be thugs who think they can steal, assault & attack cops as a way of life & badge of black (dis)honor."

The Rev. E.W. Jackson, a conservative black pastor based in Virginia, depicted Brown as "in many ways a typical kid growing up in the black community."

"He imbibed a lot of negative attitudes about what manhood is all about," Jackson said. "I wish this kid could have been redeemed to go on to live a wonderful life."

"But something is wrong when you start wrestling with a police officer over his gun," Jackson added. "I have nothing but sympathy for his parents, but you can't absolve Michael Brown of responsibility for this situation."

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


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Maybe the media is starting to feel responsible for the rioting... Nah.
1 posted on 11/28/2014 6:22:57 PM PST by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed
This is Michael Brown's legacy.


2 posted on 11/28/2014 6:25:42 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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To: Citizen Zed

responsibility — a word with a meaning unknown to libs


3 posted on 11/28/2014 6:28:14 PM PST by txnativegop (I'm out of ideas about tag lines.)
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To: Citizen Zed

His stepfather was labeled a bloods gang member, possible some of his imedeate family were to, so how do you gain some street cred in the hood how do you get noticed or talked about? you wrestle an officers gun from him. This is a stupid wanna be kid who was influenced by his surroundings


4 posted on 11/28/2014 6:30:50 PM PST by ronnie raygun (Empty head empty suit = arrogant little bastard)
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To: txnativegop

The person responsible for the death of Michael Brown is
Michael Brown


5 posted on 11/28/2014 6:31:50 PM PST by Sasparilla
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To: Citizen Zed

I expect that this demonstratively thuggish fellow will be the highlight of the left’s racist screeds against the police officers nation-wide. It is their way it seems...

I give up on any reasonable dialog with these folks! They continue to show their ignorance with facts but seem to really understand some ancient history that might have affected their great great grandfathers... Live for today seems to be way past their understanding.


6 posted on 11/28/2014 6:34:11 PM PST by Deagle
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To: Citizen Zed

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brown: Your son is dead because he acted like a thug gangster. You do NOT go around attacking and trying to kill cops without a penalty. In this event, the penalty was your son’s life. Why was he allowed to think the color of his skin absolved him of all responsibility and accountability? Your failure to raise a young man fit to live in a civil society killed him just as surely as the cop’s bullets did.


7 posted on 11/28/2014 6:34:15 PM PST by MasterGunner01
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To: Citizen Zed


8 posted on 11/28/2014 6:36:07 PM PST by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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To: ronnie raygun
His stepfather was labeled a bloods gang member

Crips and Bloods, the original red state/blue state paradigm.

9 posted on 11/28/2014 6:46:35 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: Citizen Zed

“gentle giant”...no, Mental Midget.


10 posted on 11/28/2014 6:46:49 PM PST by FrankR (They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
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To: Citizen Zed

The attempted transformation of Michael Brown by the racial alchemists is failing miserably.


11 posted on 11/28/2014 6:51:50 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: Citizen Zed

Failed, dead thug.


12 posted on 11/28/2014 6:53:51 PM PST by umgud (I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
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To: windsorknot

I, for one, am tired of hearing about Michael Brown - just as I was about Trayvon Martin.


13 posted on 11/28/2014 7:07:47 PM PST by Catsrus (al)
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To: Citizen Zed

Sorry to say that Racism today is being pushed by blacks! This is just one of many incidents lately that they push to confront this problem as they perceive. Unfortunately, this can NOT be discussed nor denied. They have their beliefs and they will NOT change...

For the majority, this has become a problem because of their reluctance to see the future or the changes that have occurred. Seems that most are still looking at 50 years ago, oh well, at least they can continue to have their protests. Could be that many are also trying to profit from the past instead of trying to advance. Family and education is what can change things..

For most of us, it seems that this will never end as changes in society seem to have little effect with this group of racist leaders. On day, hopefully, most will begin to understand that the charges are not only false but stem from the past.

Not expecting any changes though as I pass through this era.


14 posted on 11/28/2014 7:09:07 PM PST by Deagle
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Some blacks seem to cling to rascism as a security blanket that absolves them of being responsible adults.


15 posted on 11/28/2014 7:19:07 PM PST by tioga
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To: tioga

Yes, unfortunate but true.


16 posted on 11/28/2014 7:24:02 PM PST by Deagle
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To: Citizen Zed

In adding to the legacy, a star is named for him

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3231925/posts


17 posted on 11/28/2014 7:44:58 PM PST by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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To: Citizen Zed

I have to admit that all the actions of the parents and protestors have downright sucked all the sympathy out of me.


18 posted on 11/28/2014 8:03:20 PM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: Citizen Zed
Michael Brown's legacy continues to devolve.

There, fixed it.

19 posted on 11/28/2014 8:07:55 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: Slyfox

Yes, the Parents were very disappointing! Could see their lack of involvement looks like part of the problem.


20 posted on 11/28/2014 8:08:31 PM PST by Deagle
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