Actions have consequences. Walk in the middle of the road (possibly in a drugged stupor), disregard an officer who says "get offa da road", grapple with an officer for his gun and you probably WILL get shot.
He WAS a thug because of the way he intimidated, assaulted, and stole from a shop keeper over a trivial purchase. He tried to intimidate the cop.
Whatever happened to "ban bullying"?
but when we're talking about known thugs, like gentle Ben, what's a cop to do?....he didn't have rubber bullets....he didn't have bear spray or a fire hose to stop the 300#er....
like little sweet trayvon, gentle ben just went too far to be ignored....
My comment on the HuffPo thread:
Michael Brown WAS a thug. What else do you call a man who uses his giant size against a tiny shop owner in a strong arm robbery? What else do you call a strong-arm thief who walks down the middle of a busy road with his stolen cigars, stolen to be used for to make big spliffs, since regular rolling papers are just too small? A strong-arm robber who, when asked to get out of the street, attacks a cop and fights for his gun? Michael Brown was a THUG. Got it? A THUG. I don’t care if he was white, yellow or green. His actions made him a THUG.
“Whatever happened to “ban bullying”?”
Thanks for asking. Same thing I’ve been wondering. Is bullying so very “last year?” The Crump/Sharpton crowd doesn’t know how to find any sympathetic characters? They produce one thug after another, i.e., Trayvon, Brown, Garner.