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  1. Deleted my posts on all this out of fear that some mentally ill person, white or black, alas, will think my artistic attempt to understand Brown's humanity and his premonitions of impending doom and how it might have influenced his wrong-headed behavior will think or believe it was a justification for his actions.
  2. All people are brainwashed. You still have Aryan ideal of blonde hair blues being the gold standard of beauty. He was also bisexual. When I said this to a white woman she said why was I dragging his name through the mud. I felt it added to him because it showed he was human and a humanitarian. There's a scene in Malcolm X. Where the feds are listening to a wiretap of Malcolm X, they say he's a saint compared to King.
  3. A fascinating deconstruction of an incident that is comparable to a classic Shakespearian tragedy. As for why Michael Brown was stealing cigars, it was implied that stocking up on "blunts" would not be unusual for someone who smoked weed. But this theft was not what triggered the unrelated confrontation with the cop. This encounter supposedly originated with Michael walking down the middle of the street, causing traffic problems and refusing to follow the cop's order to not do this. Also, Michael's gettingh high on marijuana might have given rise to contemplations of an impending doom which became a self-fulfilling prophecy. Brown was also described as an aspiring rap artist. The lyrics to his works could provide some insight by giving an indication of his mind-set. Provocative messages can often be gleaned from the soliloqueys of rappers. Young blacks who populate the street life have been depicted as being disillusioned and fatalistic, embracing an "if-I-die-I-die" attitude. Some even fantasize about going out in a blaze of glory, becoming legends among their peers. They have little else to aspire to. The white shooter, Darren Wilson, would seem to be psychologically unfit for police work. He panicked and used poor judgment. PIctures of this unimpressive figure bring to mind Barney Fife of the Andy Griffin show. Ferguson, Missouri, may actually have something in common with the fictionalized Mayberry, USA, with its police force at about the level of one in a TV sit-com. Except in this episode, comedy turned tragic.

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