Posted on 08/24/2014 8:23:29 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
FERGUSON, Mo. -- Michael Brown Jr. was on the verge of starting college, eager to launch himself into the adult world. Instead, on Monday he'll be mourned at his funeral, more than two weeks after his fatal shooting by a white police officer— an act that ignited days of violent protests and reawakened racial tensions that still linger in the nation.
Brown, who was unarmed when he was killed, became an instant symbol of racial injustice as protesters flooded into the streets after his death. Civil rights leaders said the shooting in this predominantly black St. Louis suburb revived long simmering questions about police treatment of minorities across the country....
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
And here it comes .... poor dumb kid just wanting to go to college, get a degree, earn money to pay child support to his three ex’s, yadda yadda ....
Our beloved SHREK.
Michael Brown Jr. was on the verge of starting college...
Standing out front collecting Lunch Money ,do they still pay for lunch
Little kid? I have never known any little kid who violently robbed a convenience store for cigars. Or anything else.
How much longer can the media milk this?
“Reawakened racial tensions” is code for gave millions of blacks an excuse to act ferally and update their race card for the next 10 or 20 more years.
“Michael Brown Jr. was on the verge of starting college, eager to launch himself into the adult world.”
Oh please. I guess strong arm robbery is a pre-requisite.
Did he have a Juvi record?
How do his parental units acquire income?
Who brought him up?
Vatterot “Close Cover Before Striking” College.
if he really was accepted - you'd think they would have named the college. Otherwise, anyone can be on the verge of anything. I could be on the verge of becoming an astronaut...(snark)
Michael Brown’s bright future, cut short
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/michael-browns-future-cut-short
If nothing else good came from his death, he inadvertently caused the education of a large swath of the populace(myself included, who heretofore had no idea what Swisher Sweets were. If I had been asked before this, I might have suggested they were urinal cakes.
I am on the verge of becoming a brain surgeon and rocket scientist
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Having a job is a good thing.
“Fat guy in a little coat...” (Tommy Boy)
“Supposedly he was going to attend Vatterott College for HVAC”
Good luck with that. He would have been a real sight on a 30 foot extension ladder, however.
MSLSD just won the Meshuge Emmy for Best Pandering In an Ongoing News Series..
REPULSIVE!!
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