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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Why? I realize character assassination isn't always the best course of action but this was immediately before the incident and could say a lot more about Michael Brown's character and state of mind.
It wasn't like Michael Brown avoided taxes 15 years ago or had an unpaid parking ticket. What it does show is he wasn't in the greatest state of mind at the time. You just got caught committed stealing cigars. You assaulted the cashier to make room to leave the store. What's 'normal' criminal behaviour in this situation? Running out of the store, laying low and trying to come up with an alibi maybe? If you think the police would care enough about a couple cigars. That would be what I say is normal.
Instead Michael Brown decides instead of leaving the store quickly to go back and intimidate and threaten the cashier before leaving. Once out of the store he decides he should walk in the middle of the street and draw attention to himself.When the cop comes, according to his friend, instead of simply getting off the street he told the officer about "almost being home." His state of mind just doesn't make sense to the casual observer, something isn't adding up. Hopefully evidence will be able to tell a better story, but if there is a reason to speculate on this incident the fact that Michael Brown thought it was okay to get involved with the police after a violent crime does seem like a spot to speculate.
And besides, you don't want to bring up Michael Brown's actions but are continually posting incidents about the Ferguson State Police as proof that this individual shot Michael Brown, in your words, for being black misread post. At best that is massively hypocritical.
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Great, but you're speculating just as much as the other side. We're all doing it, it's a discussion forum and we have no effect on the case.
The issue people are having with you is you're very oddly calling out those that are speculating that the cop was in the wrong, and saying it's unfair to accuse the cop without all the facts and calling posters hypocrites, while speculating about Michael Brown and creating your own narrative of how you think it went down at the same time.
You're doing exactly what everyone else is doing, to even more of an extreme than everyone else, as at least those accusing the police officer of not being justified are going off eye witness accounts.