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.
Then again, some people don't get out much and believe that nearly all of history began when they were born.
And for those who really don't know the past, here is what Edgar G. Robinson (Warner Bros. actor) looked like, the above dog was NOT a caricature of a black man.