re: Another teen shot by cops in Missouri - close to Ferguson

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What are you talking about? Poor behavior speaks like nothing else about a person's character. You must have mistyped that first line.

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It really has gotten comical.

When I was 18, if I'd been arrested for doing what Brown did, my dad would've probably let my arse sit in jail for a couple of days before bailing me out. And, when I got out of jail, I would be regaled with how disappointed he was and how he didn't raise me to be a thug(and yes, he'd have used the word thug). Bottom line, HE would've been humiliated by my behavior and you can bet your rat's arse that the words "good boy" wouldn't pass his lips for some time. I'd have a LOT of work to do to overcome that failing even if it was a one time deal. Moreover, not one of my uncles would've passed the opportunity to bitch me out for being an asswipe. Finally, you can bet your arse they would've been so embarrassed by it as to not talk to even their neighbors about their criminal son/nephew's behavior. And, I wasn' raised in some odd home. This describes pretty much every person I knew.

Now, let's be blunt. Brown didn't wake up that day and for the first time decide that type of behavior was OK. People don't tend to START with strong armed robbery.

Brown MAY have matured over time into a good person, but at the time he was killed, Brown didn't meet any rational person's definition of "good boy".