I always look upon the Brown ‘kid’ as having lapses of judgement, and if he’d corrected himself on any of the four...he’d be alive today.
1. He got up that morning and did a strong mix of weed.
2. He made up his mind to walk over to the store to steal a box of cigars.
3. He walked down the center of the road, after leaving the store.
4. When confronted by the policeman, he resorted to violence in his act.
On any of these....he could have made a different judgement call, and prevented his ‘end’.
I think postponed is a better scenario.