I’ve been reading everywhere, or nearly everywhere, that the parents of Michael Brown made the statement that they were unmoved by the apology given by the Ferguson, Missouri, police chief weeks after their18-year-old, 300 pound, son was killed by a police officer. But I’m more than a little curious, what exactly did he have to apologize for? I’m guessing the parents of this thug would now be much happier if this policeman had not been permitted to defend himself and therefore had no way to keep this 300 pound ‘teen’ from killing him. As far as I’m concerned, the ones who are owed an apology are the people of Ferguson and Officer Darren White!
But Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden, who oddly enough has a different last name, took things a step further answering, "yes," when asked if Chief Tom Jackson should be fired. And his father, Michael Brown Sr., said rather than an apology, they would rather see the officer who shot their son arrested for his Aug. 9 death. Brown Sr. said, "An apology would be when Darren Wilson has handcuffs, processed and charged with murder." The fact that these two, apparently, never found it necessary to get married only serves to compound the fact that they were also, and quite obviously, lousy parents who succeeded in raising nothing more than a common thug.
Wilson, as everyone should know by now, is white; the 300 pound young man that was shot, black. The shooting sparked days of violent protests and racial unrest in the predominantly black community that continue to this day. Some residents and civil rights activists have said responding police officers were overly aggressive, noting their use of tear gas and surplus military vehicles and gear. Brown Sr. called the looting that has been interspersed with the protests "disrespectful," but the "First Amendment protesting? They have that right." They have that right to destroy other people’s private property? Where’s it say that?
Ms. McSpadden essentially threatened Ferguson officials when she said, "There's going to continue to be unrest until they do what should be done." Jackson released a video apology to Brown's family and the community, in which he acknowledged that Brown's body should have been removed from the street much sooner than it was. The young man's remains lay uncovered for more than four hours while police collected evidence. Ms. McSpadden said, "I don't want words, I want action." The parents, both wearing T-shirts with messages about their son, talked hesitantly about their emotions following their son's death.
Ms. McSpadden said she feels lost and helpless, and her life will never be normal again. She said, "I have to find a new normal." Brown said, "I'm empty." Adding, "There's nothing there anymore. It's hard to fill that spot with other happiness." Brown's parents met with lawmakers and lobbied Congress to pass a law requiring police officers to wear cameras during their interactions with the public. They also called on the Justice Department to take over the criminal investigation into the shooting. The Justice Department is already investigating whether Brown's civil rights were violated, and a county grand jury is weighing whether to indict Wilson.
"All of our eyes see the same thing, that it was wrong, an injustice," Ms. McSpadden said. "Why wouldn't they come back with an indictment?" Duh? Now just how stupid of a question is that? Her ‘son’, the one that she and his supposed father raised, met the end that they themselves spent years crafting for him by setting such sterling examples. They, and they alone, are the ones to blame for the son’s premature death, and for them to try to pin it on this cop, and for no other reason than because he’s white is beneath contempt. And far from deserving of our sympathy, they are worthy of nothing but our disgust.
And these ‘parents’ actually had the nerve to expressed anger at Ferguson police who wore bracelets in support of Wilson. In a letter released Friday, the Justice Department asks Jackson, the police chief, to "confirm our understanding" that officers in the suburban St. Louis County department won't wear "I am Darren Wilson" bracelets while on duty. Ferguson residents complained about the black bracelets with white lettering at a meeting with federal officials. The Brown's family lawyer, Benjamin Crump, said the bracelets give an impression that the police lack impartiality in this case.
Hysterically Brown Sr. called their efforts a fight for human rights. "They say that this is America, but we're not being treated like we're Americans. Our fight here is to just open other eyes and understand how we're feeling and try to get something done about it." But it was Ms McSpadden who made what was likely the most idiotic statement uttered thus far when she said that she had taught to respect his elders. She said, "I taught my son respect for a policeman, for you, for this woman, for anybody, so if he felt like he was doing nothing wrong, which I don't believe he was, why would he be in fear of him? You're not supposed to fear the police."
Well, you’re not supposed to be in fear of the police unless, of course, you happen to have just robbed a convenience store. Now having never robbed a convenience store myself, I can only assume that one might view the police just a tad differently than if you had not just robbed a convenience store. I mean, if there’s the assumption that they’re coming to arrest you, that might make one tend to behave a little differently. But then this women, like most mothers I guess, thinks that her son did nothing wrong. Well, then apparently she hasn’t seen the video that shows her thug son in action. Look, that this ‘kid’ is dead is no one’s fault but his own. It’s just that simple!
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