Why would you break store windows out, run in and steal items, then set fire to the place, all while the MEDIA had cameras on you and the POLICE were standing there watching ?
Mr. Brown had an audience. It was his 'hood'. It was his 'reputation'. His friend was daring him.
There are many different reasons for Mike Brown's behavior, just as there are for the behavior of the Ferguson 'protestors'.
The 'reasons' aren't necessarily 'logical'.
Apparently not.