Two things are known. Michael Brown was high at the time of this incident. Michael Brown exhibited aggressive conduct twice. Once when he assaulted the clerk and again when he fought with officer Wilson ultimately charging at him.He was so drugged out he may not have known what was happening.
Was Michael Brown Alleged Pot Use Probable Cause To Commit A Crime
Is bravery from a blunt still bravery?
Well, just how drugged was brown? Given his limited income, the probability that he could purchase and consume enough marijuana to appreciably alter the judgement of a man his size is quite small. Besides, I have not seen any evidence that links marijuana to individual aggressiveness. Alcohol yes! But not marijuana.
Marijuana psychosis
http://www.currentpsychiatry.com/ho...illness/9fcdb8d246a5edacffac4a29bcb0d452.html
As expected, your link led me to another wild goose chase. The link says nothing about marijuana being an agent for inducing aggression. Excessive use of pot has been shown to develop psychosis in some individuals. From that perspective, you may have some modicum of an argument. Now, show me where psychotic behavior is linked to aggressiveness or stimulates a bellicose nature.
Your position is that Michael Brown may have been aggressive but that had nothing to do with his pot use. Is that a fair representation?
The alternative is that Michael Brown was not aggressive at all. He was behaving normally for him. Marijuana did not cause him to be aggressive. It caused his judgment to be impaired so that he could not control his normally aggressive behavior.
Please don't say that marijuana has never been known to impair judgment.
I will concede Michael Brown exhibited mildly aggressive behavior towards the store owner and, according to Wilson and controversial sporadic testimony of some of the witnesses, displayed extreme aggression towards Wilson. You seem to be convinced that Brown's actions were the result of marijuana use. I reject that argument for the following reasons.
1. I think it is safe to assume that Brown was more or less a habitual marijuana user. That being the case, if indeed he was such a user, that uncontrolled aggression must have surfaced over and over again. Where are the police reports supporting that premise?
2. Again, I say that Brown, being an unemployed teen, probably had limited funds and wasn't likely able to afford a large enough quantity of marijuana to smoke and appreciably alter his judgement. Pay attention to that adverb" appreciably," you either ignored it or missed it last time.
There are myriad events that could have set brown off that day. Anything from being rejected by a girl, losing a bet, or just being in a bad mood are prime motives that could be explored to explain his behavior.
Marijuana isn't likely the catalyst that sent him spiraling over the edge. We will probably never know what did. But given the visuals, we do know that the man child called Michael Brown, died like a warrior: as fearless as a raging bull...charging ahead in the face of imminent death.
Let his monument stand as a tribute to a fallen warrior who perished on his own terms.
You will never know how many police reports there might be on Michael Brown. As has been pointed out as a juvenile those records are sealed. As far as his being of limited funds that has never kept an addict away from drugs, or anything else they want. Clean up the garbage in the street. Shooting the likes of thugs like Michael Brown is nothing more than putting any other vicious animal down.