The "crime" committed by Mike Brown was shoplifting - NOT "stong arm robbery"

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106. I am a lawyer. And his actions would amount to robbery in the second degree

(also known as "strong arm" or "strong armed" robbery.

Here are the relevant definitions from the Missouri criminal code:

(1) "Forcibly steals", a person "forcibly steals", and thereby commits robbery, when, in the course of stealing, as defined in section 570.030, he uses or threatens the immediate use of physical force upon another person for the purpose of:

(a) Preventing or overcoming resistance to the taking of the property or to the retention thereof immediately after the taking…

570.030. 1. A person commits the crime of stealing if he or she appropriates property or services of another with the purpose to deprive him or her thereof, either without his or her consent or by means of deceit or coercion.

569.030. 1. A person commits the crime of robbery in the second degree when he forcibly steals property.