General Discussion

Some of us honestly don't understand the mindset he had that day.

He brazenly stole, tried to involved Johnson in it (who wisely put the cigarillos Johnson handed to him back on the counter), and then bullied the shopkeeper. I won't use the word "assault" since that carries legal weight, but it is obvious that he was intimidating the man at the door.

He then walks down the middle of the road with the cigarillos in both hands for the whole world to see (as testified to by Johnson).

I DO NOT understand that mindset.

I get that kids steal things. But most kids try to steal without being seen. "That" is the mindset of most kids. Michael Brown didn't seem to care.

What was going on in his mind?

Then we have a cop who has never discharged his weapon before. Never.

I have a hard time believing that the Michael Brown walking down the road that day could not have escalated the situation and be partially responsible for his own death.

Whether or not Wilson should have been charged, I REALLY CAN'T SAY. I DON'T KNOW.

This is why we are discussing the shop theft, though. To some of us it says a lot about his state of mind. What was wrong with him? Even kids with immature minds don't generally steal so brazenly in front of other folks. This was something more.