Posted on 09/06/2014 6:04:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Michael Brown: typical teenager who died tragically, or dangerous thug who invited trouble?
Did you know Michael Brown was a killer?
Did you know he was a devoted gang member with an extensive juvenile record who routinely robbed convenience stores and committed acts of mayhem? And did you know that when Officer Darren Wilson shot Brown, he wasn’t using unjustified force, he was defending his life? The 6-foot-4, 300-pound 18-year-old fractured Wilson’s eye socket while reaching for his gun, and was killed while charging at Wilson to land another blow.
If this sounds suspect—if it sounds almost unbelievable—then your head is in the right place. Nothing in this narrative is true. Racist innuendo aside, there’s no evidence Brown was a violent gang member, nor is there evidence of any serious wrongdoing—as a juvenile, Brown was never convicted of a felony nor was he facing charges as an adult. And while Wilson was taken to the hospital after his encounter with Brown, he didn’t suffer serious injuries—the fractured eye socket is a myth.
But if you read websites like the Independent Journal Review, dive into far-right media, or explore the world of Darren Wilson support pages, you’ll find plenty of people who buy the fantasy. They reject the mainstream picture of Brown: A typical teenager, struggling to carve an identity and a life out of his beliefs, actions, and missteps. In their minds Brown was a budding criminal, and Wilson a hero. Or, as one Wilson supporter said during a demonstration for the officer, “We’ll all see this in the end that it was a good shooting. You know, it was a good kill.”
We know why the Brown family was quick to give a loving portrait of Michael....
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
No room. I had to shrink Jamelle’s overlong title as it was...
Wow, if Slate can drop just a few more IQ points, they’ll be down there with the Guardian.
It must be a terrible existence to spend your entire life obsessed and resentful over the color of your skin while all the other wonderful things in life speed by without you.
Janelle doesn’t get to decide what the “mainstream” believes. That’s why they are pissing themselves.
I don’t care if your parish contains a whole passel of aunts who go by Jamelle. Its a name in the same blood that “Shanaynay,” “De’Shawn,” and “Larmondo Flair’Allen” are names.
And Wyrd bið ful aræd?
Be serious. It is a pseudonym for a chat board.
Gaelic is a language. The Ibo, the Hausa and the Fulani tribes all have languages. Ebonics, however, isn't really a language.
...Isn’t a name either. Luckily its only my FR handle and not my legal moniker.
The new racism: insist that racism is everywhere, and then when people disagree with you, cite that as proof of racism. And then go out and beat a cracker’s ass.
As soon as I saw that his name was “Jamille”, I knew this article was racist propaganda. Is that racist of me? Tough.
It’s actually a very common name.
Jamelle may refer to:
Donovan Warren (full name Donovan Jamelle Warren), American football cornerback
Hina Jamelle, architect
Jamelle Elliott, American women’s basketball Head Coach
Jamelle Folsom, former First Lady of Alabama
Jamelle Fraley, one of the producers of the Girls’ Generation song “Twinkle”
Jamelle Holieway, former American college and professional football player
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamelle
Thanks——I didn’t know if it was a guy or a gal-——but then,I’m old.:-)
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My great grandmother’s name was Zella.
I knew a Zella when I was in High School..but I doubt it was your great grandmother
There were no Jamelles In the “:city: High School I attended in the early 60’s as far as I know
no trayvons either...no lemonjellos .,pronounced La Mon Jalo
how times has CHANGED
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