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In reply to the discussion: Why What Happened In The Store Matters [View all]MineralMan
(146,254 posts)In the first place, Brown was unarmed throughout the entire sequence of events. Even if he stole some stuff and shoved someone when leaving the store, that is not a capital offense. Even if he refused to stop walking in the middle of the street, defying the demands of a police officer is not a capital offense.
There were no capital offenses committed by Michael Brown. And yet, he's dead, shot in the street. You are not getting this at all. No harm would have been done had the cop just shrugged and left those kids to walk down the middle of the street. The real offence here that ended up with Michael Brown dead in the street was that he defied a cop. He refused to do something a cop told him to do. The cop escalated the situation.
There is a time to just let the kid walk on. This was that time. Michael Brown is dead because a bigoted cop could not stand the idea of some young black kid defying him. That is the bottom line here.
A boy is dead who should not be dead. Nothing he did warranted being shot to death on the street. End of story.