Skip to comments.
Michael Brown-Linked Brawl Sparks Probe (Mom's posse vs. Grandma's people over souvenir merchandise)
Courthouse News Service ^
| October 23, 2014
| Joe Harris
Posted on 10/23/2014 6:08:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
FERGUSON, Mo. (CN) - Police are investigating an assault allegedly involving Michael Brown's mother that happened Saturday.
The incident happened at about 8:15 p.m. in the parking lot of a barbeque restaurant, just blocks where Brown was killed.
KTVI-TV reported that Brown's grandmother Pearlie Gordon was selling T-shirts and other Michael Brown merchandise with Brown's cousin Tony Petty.
A car pulled up and several people got out, including Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden, according to a police report. A witness described McSpadden yelling: "You can't sell this [expletive]."
One of the relatives who was selling the merchandise is said to have demanded McSpadden show a document proving she had a patent, at which point an unidentified person with McSpadden assaulted Petty with a metal pipe or pole.
A 911 call ensued, KTVI reported.
Medics then took Petty to a hospital. A witness said the assault suspect grabbed merchandise and a box of cash believed to contain about $1,400.
Anthony D. Gray, an attorney for the Brown family, declined to comment to KTVI.
The fatal shooting of Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black teenager, by white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9, sparked nearly three months of daily protests against police brutality and racial profiling.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: brandedmerchandise; ferguson; michaelbrown; missouri; souvenirs; thugsrus; trayvons
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-55 next last
To: kaehurowing
Maybe Grandma should move the T Shirt stand to Chicago.
To: funfan
Wouldn’t it instead be a trademark?
A patent is for an invention, not a name or service, right?
Just wondering......
22
posted on
10/23/2014 6:26:53 PM PDT
by
Reddy
(B.O. stinks)
To: kaehurowing
Not unless Bristol Palin got in a punch or two.
23
posted on
10/23/2014 6:29:54 PM PDT
by
John Valentine
(Deep in the Heart of Texas)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
They need to be selling THESE tee shirts:
24
posted on
10/23/2014 6:31:20 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Feral animals, the lot of them.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sometimes they just write themselves...
26
posted on
10/23/2014 6:32:57 PM PDT
by
deckster
To: Reddy
A patent is for an invention, not a name or service, right?Most ignorant morons such as Brown's relatives would have no idea of the definition or use of patents, copyrights or trademarks, and just spew forth whatever of the words they could think of.
I'm amazed the word "patent" was even in her vocabulary.
27
posted on
10/23/2014 6:34:47 PM PDT
by
Mogger
(Independence, better fuel economy and performance with American made synthetic oil.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
28
posted on
10/23/2014 6:34:55 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: kaehurowing
When I first saw the title I thought for sure that it was satire.
29
posted on
10/23/2014 6:35:54 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(NRA)
To: Texas Eagle
She wouldn’t touch this story with a ten foot pole.
30
posted on
10/23/2014 6:37:14 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Yep, with these folks it’s always about the Benjamins. Or is it about the Abrahams?
31
posted on
10/23/2014 6:38:14 PM PDT
by
House Atreides
(ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN FOR CHILDERS 2014 .... Don't reward bad GOPe behavior.)
To: gov_bean_ counter
32
posted on
10/23/2014 6:42:40 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
And the media uses the phrase “unarmed black teenager” for the I trillionth time, even as his “grieving relatives” fight over the concession sales.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Vultures and jackals fighting over a carcass.
34
posted on
10/23/2014 6:52:08 PM PDT
by
denydenydeny
("World History is not full of good governments, or of good voters either "--P.J. O'Rourke)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It seems they’re no longer in mourning.
35
posted on
10/23/2014 6:52:52 PM PDT
by
MikeNJ
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I imagine Grandma had her hands up just before she was beat with that pipe.
36
posted on
10/23/2014 6:57:21 PM PDT
by
builder
(I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)
To: ozzymandus
And the media uses the phrase “unarmed black teenager” for the I trillionth time, even as his “grieving relatives” fight over the concession sales. I wonder if they will report it as "Unarmed black Grandma" ?
37
posted on
10/23/2014 6:59:35 PM PDT
by
builder
(I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
38
posted on
10/23/2014 7:00:35 PM PDT
by
Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This has the makings of a successful reality show.
39
posted on
10/23/2014 7:08:30 PM PDT
by
Huntress
("Politicians exploit economic illiteracy." --Walter Williams)
To: Veto!
40
posted on
10/23/2014 7:13:33 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
( - William Diamonds Drum - can You Hear it G man?)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-55 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
