Well done Mr Harvey for tackling a very serious yet sensitive topic in such a caring and professional manner. May our thoughts and prayers be with Mike Brown and let's hope justice prevails for his family and those of us following the case.
When people try to justify Mike Brown's death or state that it is not race related are either in denial or extremely ignorant. Either way I will not tolerate this foolishness on my post and have already deleted a couple of comments as a result. There is no EXCUSE to murder an unarmed man it is purely pathetic to suggest otherwise especially when the man is in a position of surrender. Those who do not feel empathy or any level of sympathy for Mike Brown his family and community will not be acknowledged by me.
R Sosa So, from your comments I gather that you don't think the officer may have been defending himself from a thug who just committed an strong-arm robbery and panicked when the police officer approached him? Even though the autopsy report and the medical records back up the officer and the only evidence to the contrary is the work of a drug dealer?
Stormr69 My details may be a little off as I haven't been following the case recently due to a number of commitments. However I did manage to follow the case from very early on. And there were multiple eye witness accounts of what occurred on the day shortly after the unfortunate incident. Some of these observers were city workers and members of the community. Many of which stated that Mike Brown was in a position of surrender prior to being shot multiple times. I could possibly understand the stance of defence had Mike Brown of been in possession of a weapon but he wasn't. In regards to the theft of the cigarettes it wasn't armed robbery as you suggested as Mike Brown wasn't armed. And neither was this reported to the police at the time Mike Brown was stopped by the officer in question. The fact the officer acted with such severity is alarming considering the officer should be fully trained in dealing with such instances. It says a lot about your police force in the US it appears to me that you are somehow trying to justify the officers actions.
R Sosa Since the police report and the autopsy report both say that Brown was shot while attacking the officer. honestly that is good enough for me. I don't have to condemn or justify the officers actions. The courts do that. What I do have a problem with is when people who do not pay any attention to the facts and go crazy about what some people have 'said' and use that as a justification for groups of people to riot, burn, loot, and threaten violence. The level of violence he used is extreme yes, but it is also justified, since if he was in fear for his life he would be completely in the right to use deadly force. Put it this way. Why would an officer, with 8 years of exemplary service, suddenly decide to kill Brown in broad daylight and in front of all those witnesses? He has no motive to do it. Brown's friend who followed the officers commands to get on the ground didn't get shot. But why not? He was a witness and could accuse the officer. If the officer was just killing a black kid he had a chance to get another one. Is it sad an eighteen year old got killed? Yes! but allot of the responsibility for it has to be assigned to Brown. And that is backed up by the facts of the autopsy. But Jackson and the others who showed up just to throw gas on an already volatile situation show just who they are. Opportunists who will slander anyone and say anything as long as they remain in the spotlight and people will listen to them.
Stormr69 It only stands to reason that the police report would collude with the same theory as one of it's officers. This is hardly surprising in such matters an independent report should be sanctioned from a group that doesn't hold ties to the police for purposes of non bias. As for the courts, history has shown that favour generally leans towards the police in such cases. I mean what do you expect when you have a majority white jury judge etc. Look at the judicial system in America it's no secret that minorities make up the highest rate of incarceration. It is a system that is flawed and generally considered backwards by the rest of the world. The reason behind the rioting etc is because these types of cases happen too frequently. Once every 28 hours to be exact whereby a person of colour meets their demise at the hands of law enforcement. If this were an isolated case I could understand but it isn't and unfortunately it will not be the last. As to why an officer with 18 years exemplary decides to use such action whose to say only a psychiatrist report could determine that. It's sad that cases like this are generally restricted to black males over in the US. And if six shot's do not seem obsessive to you then I have to question one's mental rationality. I personally am not a huge fan of Jesse Jackson but in cases like this you do tend to get those who will see an opportunity to benefit their own interest.
Thank you Mr. Harvey for allowing this Mother to know there are so many of us praying for her. Thank you Mrs. Leslie for carrying yourself with dignity and grace through out such an unimaginable situation. I am a mother of an 18 year old son and I pray continuously for you.
I'm sorry that a mother and father lost their child. I'm sorry that brothers and sisters lost a sibling. I'm sorry that a young man lost a friend. I'm sorry that a young man lost his life. Rest peacefully, Michael Brown ...keep the faith...
My heart goes out to all of Michael's family, and everyone who has been hurt by the police during the protests. And all the other innocent black men killed by the people who are meant to protect them :(
The store owner said nothing was stolen, and even then Darren Wilson didn't know anything about the "stolen items" when he pulled up to Brown, and his friend. And even if Michael had stolen something he did not deserve to die the way he did. Stealing is not punishable by death. If you want to try justify the murder of a black teenager by a trigger happy white cop by saying he was guilty of something then you go ahead. Whatever helps you sleep at night.
We as a nation are here for you and your family. There may be ignorant pigs out there who believe that your son deserved this, but there are many others out there who are with you and your family. There will be a change coming soon, I know. I just saw online many pictures of people across the globe that are here for you and your family. My prayers to you for this injustice you guys had to face
+Terry Floyd I'm not trying to discredit your story and I feel bad for you but you kind of lost me at the "cilantro blacks " part . All black peoples are not violent and vs verse for any other race
I don't care what Michael has done, when criminals like Charles Manson got to live and go to jail, Michael Brown DID NOT deserve to die. I cannot imagine what this woman is going through, my heart foes out to her.
Charles Manson didn't walk down the middle of the street asking for trouble and then attacking a cop when the cop simply told him to get out of the street. They were both animals and deserved to die. It's just too bad ol' Charlie didn't attack a cop in the same manner or you would've got your wish. Now turn your brain cell off and go to bed.
You don't care that he robbed and assaulted a store owner? you don't care he assaulted Wilson while trying to go for his gun? I guess you go for the bad-boys?
This. STILL saddeneds me to my core and it's 2016. The judicial system needs change and change NOW!!!! I pray for Ms. Leslie and her family as well as the other families that has lost a loved one to violence.
What happened to Mike was disgusting. He was unarmed and shouldn't have been shot. This interview was only 2 years ago, I'm sure the pain is still fresh. God bless and heal this mother and family. And bring justice to the families of all the unjustly killed.
He didn't rob the store. The store clerk admitted he never took anything and he didn't call the police. The cop that shot him wasn't responding to a robbery call. The cop had been fired from 2 municipalities prior to Ferguson for racism
Natasha Jackson He grabbed him by the throat in the surveillance cam, And he had cigarillos on him that the store had, He definitely stole the cigarillos.
According to the surveillance cameras he did take the cigars and the owner came after him. Mike Brown left the store. He was NOT armed. The police were not called by the store. The officer who shot Mike Brown was already in his car patrolling a street that Mike Brown was walking down the middle of.
Why anyone would ever dislike this video just hurts me. Harvey is speaking the truth, and the fact that people dislike a grieving mother's talk about her dead son just baffles and horrifies me. Fuck America's institutionalised racism.
All I have to say is a Police officer should never make assumptions, because all of these deaths of Black young males have been because the police officer assumed something. You can't spend your life assuming things until you see the truth. The police officer didn't see Mike Brown have a gun of any sort, but he just assumed and shot the trigger. If everybody assumed no one will get anywhere. America needs to have better Police officers who are reliable when doing their jobs, because these police officers aren't doing their job right. I bet the police officer even feels guilty of what he did but it's too late now since he just assumed something without really seeing if its true. RIP Mike Brown and for his family let God be with them through this time of struggle. It sad that Mike's mother lost her child due to a police officer assumption.
Nathan T. You need to rethink your entire existence if you honestly think that's what happened. A trained police officer can use other physical tactics to stop any kind of assault, especially WHEN THERE IS NO WEAPON INVOLVED ON THE OTHER HALF.
Nathan T. No your wrong it was confirmed that Mike Brown didn't have a gun and the police officer mistook that he did. Did you not see the news headlines? All reporters of the news have been saying a unharmed teenage boy has been shot by a police man since he thought he was carrying a gun. Why would Mike Brown just go and attack a police man for no reason? Since a cop is allowed to attack under self defence, why would Mike Brown decide to attack?. So your wrong.
Nathan T. Wilson had no bruises, scratches, or marks on him. He was not attacked. Why must everyone be so gullible and so quick to believe everything they hear?
@@pamelajenkins568 I wonder if your heart would go out to brown if he shoved you after stealing from you, or if he was trying to take your gun from you after punching you. I just hope you people never become jurors 😂 I’m sad for the mother of course but it was her son’s bad decisions that led to his death, it wasn’t the officer. He was a thug and it was shown on camera, is a police officer supposed to consider that “oh he’s trying to take my gun, but he could be a nice guy”? How’s any of this making sense? She doesn’t understand why it happened? HE WAS ACTING LIKE A THUG.
Carla Linton. My Thoughts and Prayers goes out to The Family of Micheal Brown. May God be with them in The time of their bereavement. And help them to be able to deal with what they are going through. I am so sorry for What happened to Michael Brown. I am going to keep his Family in my thoughts and prayers.
Really? What if a big kid like that charged at you and didn't stop after being shot? What would you do? If the kid had not attacked the officer, this wouldn't have happened. Get that part right!
I agree with Steve Harvey, don't matter what this boy did he was still a unarmed child, I'd b the same if it was my own son, my heart broke watching this made me cry, there needs to b justice for all in every country sending my love to this family xxxx
Leslie, I am deeply sorry for your loss. I know the pain well as I too am on this journey. I lost my son, Jacob, 24 years old on December 14, 2013. My love and my prayers are with you.
Prayers of courage, strength and endurance to Lesley Mcspadden and family of Michael Brown. Big ups to Steve Harvey for convincing her to come to your show. God help our country....smh
Steve did a damn good job keeping this interview professional. He left all of the politics and all of the race issues out of it and made it about the loss of a son. Yet all of you, Steve's supposed "fans" in this comment section wants to make it about race and politics all over again. What a damn shame.
To give Micheal's mom a public platform to speak about who her son was prior to this entire incident was beautiful - Steve is right at the end of the day a Mother lost her first born son. Praying for her!
This was very touching. I cried like so many mothers do in cases like this. This show that Steve did was well put together and he stated the true essence of what we need to focus on. We need a change in this country period.
Stay strong, stay angry, stay alert. Don't let Michael Brown's name be forgotten. They will try to paint him as a thug but he was a humble man and he didn't deserve his life to be taken away
I'm a Mother of two. I can't imagine how bad, horrific this must be for this poor Woman. So sorry for the the family. God bless You and may His Grace be upon You.
Most of y'all don't know the vibes we face. I'm about to be 23 on the 1st. I'm black and my name isn't something like Carter or Bob. People judge you and criminalize you about everything. It's painful but if you're not receiving the hate you don't know how it is. To be label a thug by your looks, name, and overall my appearance. I don't smoke or drink but I'm look at like a druggie, no violent but I'm a thug and my name o that's a name of a ghetto person. Someone that's ignorant or unintelligent Follow me on RUclips De-Von Ambitious
This is just an analogy. If Somebody showed you 2 dogs, 1 is a Labrador and the other is a Pit Bull which one would you fear (be honest)??? You would fear the Pit Bull based on their reputation and it's look.
redta93kwy yeah, which is why bully breeds like the pit bull are discriminated against as well. Basically, everyone just needs to stop giving so much heed to stereotypes. It's so stupid and ignorant.
redta93kwy This is what happens why you try to compare human beings to animals. Pitbulls were bred to be aggressive (by humans, btw, so it's not even their fault), and they're not even necessarily that way. It's how the owners are that determines it. Black people are human beings just like any other race. We can all make rational decisions. Don't treat this guy like an animal. He deserves better.
cddraftman yet there's a video that DISproves there was a robbery, the owner of that store and his lawyers said there was nothing stolen, there's proof brown bought the damn cigarillos... so what exactly were you talking about?
Splashstorm04 you can't be serious Dorian Johnson (MB friend) admitted that was them on tape. Take responsibility stop trying to play victim. MB was not this angel!!!! Blacks are determined not to see the big picture. Million of black people walk down the streets without being killed by the police. Something happen!!!!
they have every right to protest. sometimes violence is the only way to get a message across in cases like this. i thought racism was coming to a closure but i'm obviously wrong. this story is extremely heartbreaking & i'm glad social media is spreading the message across so people worldwide can see this injustice. it's sickening.
This may be completely inappropriate at this moment. But that woman shows her beauty inside and out and I pray she finds her way through this with Gods help...I have no other comments on this issue...
Erika....then why did the autopsy and ballistics evidence show that MB was running towards officer Wilson in contradictory testimony of MB's friend Dorian Johnson? MB died that day because his mom raised him up without respect for authority.
We don't have that type of police abuse on black folks here in Rockdale county Georgia. I have been on ride a longs, viewed men and women being arrested at gunpoint while stopped at a local gas station. I have two fishing buddies who are in law enforcement and they are not mean to the blacks they pull over or confront while on duty. I just don't either see it going on nor do we read about it in our local paper nor online at many blogs written about street life here in Atlanta. Yes there are bad apples in society. I have been threatened by a huge black coworker 20 years ago because I was going to tell on him for his sexual harassment of a female coworker. He threatened my life! But I still to this day go fishing with his good friend Glen because I am a man of God. Had MB mom sought a Christian life this whole mess would have never happened.
I cried watching this whole interview. Everything that was said is so true. I have four boys and I myself always talk and teach my kids the same thing Mr. Harvey does with his children I feel for Mrs. Brown and we all must send our positive vibes and prayer her way as she grieves. Sad that is what we have come to but we as a nation and as parents cant not just sit back and let our children suffer and die inhuman we must teach and lead our children. It takes a community to lead our young men and young woman
Lizzette Novaton Did you also cry for the grocery store owner he assaulted and bullied of the grocery store he robbed just prior to having been shot and killed? Sounds like brown got what he had coming to him.
ThunderAppeal don't try to comment with ignorance. Its more than what his actions were He was a young man shot several times and left to die. Think on that and you ask yourself what if this was your child a friends child a neighbor or a kid in your town....
Lizzette Novaton If god forbid this was my child and I found out that he had assaulted a store owner after he robbed them I would find it difficult to be so self-rightous like this lady is and like you are. But you are black and hypocrisy and ignorance seem to go hand in hand with you people.
ThunderAppeal I don't go on social media and go back and forth with unknown factors in this world but you should have never commented to me. I highly do not think that if this was a family member or your child you will not feel the way this family feels especially since you are white and if it was a black officer. We all know what way that result would come out to be. Everyone has a right to say what they want but let me correct you 1) I am far from ignorant 2) I am not black but am proud to fully embrace being a minority 3) Who are you people that you refer to? 4) What are you doing to change the crime rate for white America? 5) The ignorant society you surround yourself goes hand and hand and until we (my minority people) get society and ourselves to see life differently this conversation will continue to go. So I say to you take a look at yourself and ask your self how ignorant are you and how can you change your views on minority people? What are you doing for your people??
The pain in her face is heartbreaking! It brings me back to my mother crying in a towel when I was 4, my brother had been murdered. Many Blessings to the Brown family! God has you covered!
I feel sorry for the mother, but this doesn't change the situation. 8 (black) witnesses support Wilson's story, contradicting the 7 witnesses supporting Brown's story. Brown wasn't a humble kid, but had just robbed a store and bullied the store owner before confronting Wilson. Brown wasn't an innocent little kid either, but a huge 6.4. guy that had attacked Wilson in his car with his fists, tried to get hold of Wilson's gun and refused arrest before being shot. The autopsy report confirmed Wilson's story while not supporting the story that the Brown camp advocates. Wilson never had any issue with race in all of his professional life before this story came up. Let's start looking at the facts people. Justice is not equatable with just hanging someone from the tree no matter what.
Regardless of him being a robber or not, there is no real reason to shoot him, especially in the upper body 6 times. A police officer is usually assisted by another, they shouldn't be going to these type of cases by themselves (not sure if there were 2 officers or just the 1) so they could've easily tackled & handcuffed him or called in for more assistance to follow up the arrest. The fact that he shot him 6 times shows a personal issue towards the victim. This has been said in most man slaughter cases by coroners. He did not follow simple police conduct and brought personal issues into his job. In my opinion, he deserves to be punished more than a regular murderer because he manipulated his job for killing a man.
***** Brown just didn't do "something stupid". While Wilson was still stitting in his car - trapped -, Brown punshed him nearly unconcous while trying to grab Wilson's gun. This is confirmed by the autopsy report, which indicates that Brown was shot in the finger (while wresting with Wilson for his gun, as explained by Wilson in his testimony). After being shot in the finger, Brown moved away. What was Wilson supposed to do? Let the guy go who had just severely beaten a police officer and attempted to take his gun away? Wilson got out of the car and - rightly so - told Brown to freeze. Brown again did not comply to police orders but approached Wilson again, who then shot Brown in self-defense. The 6 shots can be explained by the anxiety that Wilson felt when Brown approached. If you can hold Wilson accountable for something then that he didn't keep his cool and tried to control Brown with pepper spray or his baton. Here I can see that the Brown camp actually had a valid point. However, unfortunately for them, they didn't advocate for that but went with the "cold blooded cop killer story" instead, which naturally didn't work, as this wasn't backed by the evidence.
Actually, there is video footage of Brown paying for his cigarillos and the store clerk even confirmed that Brown had payed for them. Also, Brown's fingerprints were NOT found on Wilson's weapon. Additionally, the injuries you speak of only consisted of what Wilson wanted to call bruising, but is in fact a rare birthmark, and a small cut on his chin. The released reports that were presented to the grand jury before the decision confirm all of these points. Trust me, I read every page.
***** Let me ask you this, if you had someone trying to take your gun and overpower you, would you defend yourself? aka shoot him before he takes your gun and shoots you. Forget black and white. This is human instinct.
Thanks Steve for putting forth the most important point, in such a clear way. I can not think how I would feel If it were my boy on that street with the life drained out of him . Then to have so many insensitive people disrespecting the mother that just lost her 16 year old son . There can be no greater pain than to have a child die before the parent. No matter what the circumstances are. Mrs brown I am sorry for your loss may you find peace . Do not listen to the insensitive ones. There not worth your attention!!
When he said unarmed he forgot to mention he beat you an elderly store owner...now I know why I no longer watch Family Fued.. However, I hope he does the show one day and a cop's family wins...that be awesome....
HE SAID MIKE BROWN WAS UNARMED..DID that MATTER TO THE OLD STORE OWNER HE STRONG ARMED/BEAT UP. DID YOU MISS THAT VIDEO....??? KEEP LIVING IN FANTASY LAND...MIKE BROWN WAS A CRIMINAL.
All I wanna do this hold her. The entire time I’m watching this I’m crying and wanting to hold her hand bring her head in close and tell her with all the empathy I could give her and take all her pain in and out from her. She’s way to beautiful. We understand mama black woman to black woman! I could only picture my future children or my brother and how I could see that could be them!
Michael brown is a sad tragedy. He and his family will be blessed and a prosperious future. Michael brown is in my thoughts and prayer for him and his family so was his community.
***** Yes, cute. Apparently the grocery store owner that he assaulted and bullied when he robbed the grocery store just prior to being shot and killed didnt seem to share the same sentiment that you do.
"Meek, humble, tall, mine"...........just says it all..............."I could not have done anything differently"........"something that happened"....says it all......
he sure looked like a "gentle" giant in the store when he robbed and then physically threatened the owner or clerk when confronted. I remember a quote from my uncle regarding some of my behavior as a youth, "The way or the transgressor is hard! " and I took heed! I wonder if he was aware of where his behavior could lead him. hmmm!
why is it that no one is talking about Mike Brown Flip Flops? Have you ever tried to run in Flip Flops? It's really hard to do that and he was a pretty big guy, so I know he couldn't do it. But his Flip Flops were still on his feet when he dead. But he suppose to be doing all this rushing and charging in FLIP FLOPS! But no one have asked the cop how he was running with his Flip Flops on.
OMFG! It's just amazing how NO ONE seems to PUBLICLY address the issue of how this 6'4", 300 Lb. 'unarmed kid' attacked a police officer while he was sitting in his car! He was no angel, poor and innocent. He was a punk. A thug. Who didn't even have the sense to know he was supposed to PAY for the merchandise he took from the store, nor did have a clue what sidewalks were for. But, I know....he was so precious. :(
I feel sorry for her loss but he was not an innocent "child", he had just attacked a store clerk and robbed them, he attacked the police officer and tried to take his gun. now what do you think would have happened if Brown had gotten that gun? he would have shot that cop! I understand a mothers love and how she wants to see the best in him but she is in denial. I do not believe the cop set out to kill anyone, he acted in self defense. and the rioters burning and looting their own neighborhood?? that is insane! what good does it do??
***** Were talking about the issue of black men getting killed every 28 hours by police...28 HOURS! You don't know shit. Regardless of how you look at it "your safe." I'm not. Stay out of my mentions.
Meek and humble. Does she mean the way he meekly stole a box of cigars and humbly pushed the clerk around when he tried to stop him? Or the way he meekly punched the officer and humbly went after his gun? Meek and humble my ass.
+Antasia Lynn Yes. Because that's the risk you know you're taking when you go after a police officer's gun. But the point you missed by a mile was that if his mother had recognized her son for what he truly was, she would've been a good parent and steered him in another direction. Problem is, she's a thug her damn self and that's exactly where he learned it from. Do you have any other stupid questions or will that be it for today?
So where is Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Iggy Azalea or anybody who loves to appropriate anything from black culture/people? Exactly, nowhere to be seen or heard from.
True but a rapper, The Game has made a collabiration with other artists to make a song "Don't Shoot". It's good, passes the message perfectly. And the MLK movie, Selma that's coming out, good timing eh.
..and stop trying to emulate white men, in ways that goes BEYOND just some hair! Stop naming yourselves after them ("Gotti", "Capone"), stop bragging about cars manufactured in their name (Mercedes), and wearing their tags (Nike, Hilfiger) ...stop trying to live in their neighborhoods, dine in their homes (i.e., Kanye), and be accepted in their world
I watch what I say and do! For it may be my last. Walk as straight as you can. I have children and I too teach my children what to do if stopped by police if ever the reason arises. I know no one is perfect but I try my hardest and so do my children. I am 35 years old never been in trouble with the law. I pray everyday it stays that way and same will go for me and mine!
What the hell is going on with the CC subtitles??? I am lucky i can read lips but who ever wrote up the subtitles for this video didn't even try. This is a tragic event that happened and for anyone who cant hear the story and needs the close captioning will have no clue what is going on. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED OUT OF RESPECT FOR MICHAEL BROWN AND HIS FAMILY!!!!!
They probably weren't edited to begin with. CC Subtitles, unless they are typed in manually, will automatically try to register what is being said. The technology obviously is not very sophisticated and still in the works.
4HRS IN THE STREETS??.... I CAN'T IMAGINE THE PAIN OF SEEING YOUR BABY!... LAYING IN THE STREETS....THE DISRESPECT AND DISREGARD FOR A HUMAN LIFE.. SMH, PRAY GOD STRENGTHENS HER EVERY SECOND OF THE DAY...MAY GOD COMFORT ON HER WEARY DAYS...MAY HE R.I.P WITH OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND EXPERIENCE THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL🥀🕊️
I know what its like to lose someone like that, though not at the hands of a cop. The pain inflicted is unimaginable and the weight of it is heavy. The only thing that will cure it is prayer and time. It gets better and less heavy, but it will never go away. My prayer is the the peace of the Lord will be upon the Brow/Mcspadden family.
Her pain was so raw, so visible. Absolutely heartbreaking, heartbreaking. There are no words to describe what this woman is going through. I just can't even imagine, I have 4 boys, 16, 13 & 1/2, 8 and 2 & 1/2, and God please, please never let anything like this happen to my babies. It hurts my soul when I see this happening. It just can't happen anymore, it can't. Something has to change, the mindset of the people have to change. We can't look at "well what was he doing?" if he's unarmed and been shot it doesn't matter. Another mother can't lose her baby because a police man "though he was a threat."
Gothmummi nothing won't happen to them if they cooperate and have appropriate respect towards the police and didn't try to reach of their guns or violently attack them and you know if you was a police officer and someone was armed you would kill them you know if you had a gun on you and someone was attacking you you would pull it out and them quit fronting
Michael seemed to be a cool kid. I could have easily wanted to be friends with this guy. A lot of bad things always happen to the best of us. Michael didn't deserve to lose his life.
Very emotional! I'm praying for her and the family! It will take time but you will heal!! And justice will prevail!
It was a justified shooting. Nuff said. MOVE ON.
😢 I don't think anyone can watch this with a dry eye... God Bless you and the family!
Well done Mr Harvey for tackling a very serious yet sensitive topic in such a caring and professional manner. May our thoughts and prayers be with Mike Brown and let's hope justice prevails for his family and those of us following the case.
When people try to justify Mike Brown's death or state that it is not race related are either in denial or extremely ignorant. Either way I will not tolerate this foolishness on my post and have already deleted a couple of comments as a result.
There is no EXCUSE to murder an unarmed man it is purely pathetic to suggest otherwise especially when the man is in a position of surrender.
Those who do not feel empathy or any level of sympathy for Mike Brown his family and community will not be acknowledged by me.
R Sosa So, from your comments I gather that you don't think the officer may have been defending himself from a thug who just committed an strong-arm robbery and panicked when the police officer approached him? Even though the autopsy report and the medical records back up the officer and the only evidence to the contrary is the work of a drug dealer?
Stormr69 My details may be a little off as I haven't been following the case recently due to a number of commitments. However I did manage to follow the case from very early on. And there were multiple eye witness accounts of what occurred on the day shortly after the unfortunate incident.
Some of these observers were city workers and members of the community.
Many of which stated that Mike Brown was in a position of surrender prior to being shot multiple times.
I could possibly understand the stance of defence had Mike Brown of been in possession of a weapon but he wasn't. In regards to the theft of the cigarettes it wasn't armed robbery as you suggested as Mike Brown wasn't armed. And neither was this reported to the police at the time Mike Brown was stopped by the officer in question.
The fact the officer acted with such severity is alarming considering the officer should be fully trained in dealing with such instances. It says a lot about your police force in the US it appears to me that you are somehow trying to justify the officers actions.
R Sosa Since the police report and the autopsy report both say that Brown was shot while attacking the officer. honestly that is good enough for me.
I don't have to condemn or justify the officers actions. The courts do that.
What I do have a problem with is when people who do not pay any attention to the facts and go crazy about what some people have 'said' and use that as a justification for groups of people to riot, burn, loot, and threaten violence.
The level of violence he used is extreme yes, but it is also justified, since if he was in fear for his life he would be completely in the right to use deadly force.
Put it this way. Why would an officer, with 8 years of exemplary service, suddenly decide to kill Brown in broad daylight and in front of all those witnesses? He has no motive to do it. Brown's friend who followed the officers commands to get on the ground didn't get shot. But why not? He was a witness and could accuse the officer. If the officer was just killing a black kid he had a chance to get another one.
Is it sad an eighteen year old got killed? Yes! but allot of the responsibility for it has to be assigned to Brown. And that is backed up by the facts of the autopsy.
But Jackson and the others who showed up just to throw gas on an already volatile situation show just who they are. Opportunists who will slander anyone and say anything as long as they remain in the spotlight and people will listen to them.
Stormr69 It only stands to reason that the police report would collude with the same theory as one of it's officers. This is hardly surprising in such matters an independent report should be sanctioned from a group that doesn't hold ties to the police for purposes of non bias.
As for the courts, history has shown that favour generally leans towards the police in such cases. I mean what do you expect when you have a majority white jury judge etc. Look at the judicial system in America it's no secret that minorities make up the highest rate of incarceration. It is a system that is flawed and generally considered backwards by the rest of the world.
The reason behind the rioting etc is because these types of cases happen too frequently. Once every 28 hours to be exact whereby a person of colour meets their demise at the hands of law enforcement. If this were an isolated case I could understand but it isn't and unfortunately it will not be the last.
As to why an officer with 18 years exemplary decides to use such action whose to say only a psychiatrist report could determine that.
It's sad that cases like this are generally restricted to black males over in the US. And if six shot's do not seem obsessive to you then I have to question one's mental rationality.
I personally am not a huge fan of Jesse Jackson but in cases like this you do tend to get those who will see an opportunity to benefit their own interest.
Thank you Mr. Harvey for allowing this Mother to know there are so many of us praying for her. Thank you Mrs. Leslie for carrying yourself with dignity and grace through out such an unimaginable situation. I am a mother of an 18 year old son and I pray continuously for you.
I'm sorry that a mother and father lost their child. I'm sorry that brothers and sisters lost a sibling. I'm sorry that a young man lost a friend. I'm sorry that a young man lost his life.
Rest peacefully, Michael Brown
...keep the faith...
My heart goes out to all of Michael's family, and everyone who has been hurt by the police during the protests. And all the other innocent black men killed by the people who are meant to protect them :(
Do you even know anything about the case?
You would have to live under a rock not to.
And even if I didn't I can still feel sorry/empathy for all the families...
Ria Bee your heart goes out to "all the other innocent black men" well - Brown was guilty, as proved by the scientific evidence and the experts.
The store owner said nothing was stolen, and even then Darren Wilson didn't know anything about the "stolen items" when he pulled up to Brown, and his friend. And even if Michael had stolen something he did not deserve to die the way he did. Stealing is not punishable by death. If you want to try justify the murder of a black teenager by a trigger happy white cop by saying he was guilty of something then you go ahead. Whatever helps you sleep at night.
We as a nation are here for you and your family. There may be ignorant pigs out there who believe that your son deserved this, but there are many others out there who are with you and your family. There will be a change coming soon, I know. I just saw online many pictures of people across the globe that are here for you and your family. My prayers to you for this injustice you guys had to face
unfortunately about half the nation supports that murderer
Ben Lambourne Yes and the other 50 are just stupid.
my heart breaks for her, i wish i could take away her hurt. as a mother of 2 boys, 16 and 19 and i couldn't imagine going through this.
God forbid I'm not trying to Discount any buddies walls but it just blew my mind this one gets more than the other
Terry Floyd i agree, whole-heartedly!
+Terry Floyd I'm not trying to discredit your story and I feel bad for you but you kind of lost me at the "cilantro blacks " part . All black peoples are not violent and vs verse for any other race
+Denise J violent *
I don't care what Michael has done, when criminals like Charles Manson got to live and go to jail, Michael Brown DID NOT deserve to die. I cannot imagine what this woman is going through, my heart foes out to her.
We tried killing Mansion but he was too fast for us.
Blame the democrats in California who banned the death penalty for people like Manson.
Joe scout you are funny, but not mike brown
Charles Manson didn't walk down the middle of the street asking for trouble and then attacking a cop when the cop simply told him to get out of the street. They were both animals and deserved to die. It's just too bad ol' Charlie didn't attack a cop in the same manner or you would've got your wish. Now turn your brain cell off and go to bed.
You don't care that he robbed and assaulted a store owner? you don't care he assaulted Wilson while trying to go for his gun? I guess you go for the bad-boys?
This. STILL saddeneds me to my core and it's 2016. The judicial system needs change and change NOW!!!! I pray for Ms. Leslie and her family as well as the other families that has lost a loved one to violence.
Have lost a loved one due to being a criminal...*
What happened to Mike was disgusting. He was unarmed and shouldn't have been shot. This interview was only 2 years ago, I'm sure the pain is still fresh. God bless and heal this mother and family. And bring justice to the families of all the unjustly killed.
RealTakerslady really a false narrative!
Gary Carnegie He assaulted and robbed a clerk, and when he was confronted, he went for the cops gun and was shot.
He didn't rob the store. The store clerk admitted he never took anything and he didn't call the police. The cop that shot him wasn't responding to a robbery call. The cop had been fired from 2 municipalities prior to Ferguson for racism
Natasha Jackson He grabbed him by the throat in the surveillance cam, And he had cigarillos on him that the store had, He definitely stole the cigarillos.
According to the surveillance cameras he did take the cigars and the owner came after him. Mike Brown left the store. He was NOT armed. The police were not called by the store. The officer who shot Mike Brown was already in his car patrolling a street that Mike Brown was walking down the middle of.
Why anyone would ever dislike this video just hurts me. Harvey is speaking the truth, and the fact that people dislike a grieving mother's talk about her dead son just baffles and horrifies me. Fuck America's institutionalised racism.
Very touching interview. My heart goes out to Michael Brown's loved ones. Stay strong!
All I have to say is a Police officer should never make assumptions, because all of these deaths of Black young males have been because the police officer assumed something. You can't spend your life assuming things until you see the truth. The police officer didn't see Mike Brown have a gun of any sort, but he just assumed and shot the trigger. If everybody assumed no one will get anywhere. America needs to have better Police officers who are reliable when doing their jobs, because these police officers aren't doing their job right. I bet the police officer even feels guilty of what he did but it's too late now since he just assumed something without really seeing if its true. RIP Mike Brown and for his family let God be with them through this time of struggle. It sad that Mike's mother lost her child due to a police officer assumption.
Nathan T. You need to rethink your entire existence if you honestly think that's what happened. A trained police officer can use other physical tactics to stop any kind of assault, especially WHEN THERE IS NO WEAPON INVOLVED ON THE OTHER HALF.
Nathan T. No your wrong it was confirmed that Mike Brown didn't have a gun and the police officer mistook that he did. Did you not see the news headlines? All reporters of the news have been saying a unharmed teenage boy has been shot by a police man since he thought he was carrying a gun. Why would Mike Brown just go and attack a police man for no reason? Since a cop is allowed to attack under self defence, why would Mike Brown decide to attack?. So your wrong.
Well said!
The officer, Darren Wilson, said he feels no guilt and would shoot Mike Brown again.
Nathan T. Wilson had no bruises, scratches, or marks on him. He was not attacked. Why must everyone be so gullible and so quick to believe everything they hear?
My heart goes out to EVERYONE involved in this matter.
+Vonnie Rush Mine goes out to the cop.
+LT1HILLINGHOE me too, to hell with the thug
LT1HILLINGHOE My heart don’t go to that cop. Because he’s still alive and breathing
Vonnie Rush I agree
@@pamelajenkins568 I wonder if your heart would go out to brown if he shoved you after stealing from you, or if he was trying to take your gun from you after punching you. I just hope you people never become jurors 😂
I’m sad for the mother of course but it was her son’s bad decisions that led to his death, it wasn’t the officer. He was a thug and it was shown on camera, is a police officer supposed to consider that “oh he’s trying to take my gun, but he could be a nice guy”? How’s any of this making sense? She doesn’t understand why it happened? HE WAS ACTING LIKE A THUG.
This is why I love Steve! He doesn't have that biased atmosphere around any of his questions that most journalist have!
Thank you for using the platform that God gave you to bring awareness of issues such as these.
Carla Linton. My Thoughts and Prayers goes out to The Family of Micheal Brown. May God be with them in The time of their bereavement. And help them to be able to deal with what they are going through. I am so sorry for What happened to Michael Brown. I am going to keep his Family in my thoughts and prayers.
how dare people dislike this video. you shameful humans my heart goes out to this woman.
Really? What if a big kid like that charged at you and didn't stop after being shot? What would you do? If the kid had not attacked the officer, this wouldn't have happened. Get that part right!
His mom was a thug. No sympathy. I wouldn't of even apoligized for killing her son.
mKA Elacc Thats the mom not the kid
@@brianpomeroy9624 I agree with you 100%!!!
I hate it when people say, "Not all white people are racist."
That's not really what the issue is but thanks for trying to make it about yourself.
I agree with Steve Harvey, don't matter what this boy did he was still a unarmed child, I'd b the same if it was my own son, my heart broke watching this made me cry, there needs to b justice for all in every country sending my love to this family xxxx
Leslie, I am deeply sorry for your loss. I know the pain well as I too am on this journey. I lost my son, Jacob, 24 years old on December 14, 2013. My love and my prayers are with you.
God Bless you, I have lost people I loved too. All I want to tell you is? Love never dies. God Bless, e.
Prayers of courage, strength and endurance to Lesley Mcspadden and family of Michael Brown. Big ups to Steve Harvey for convincing her to come to your show. God help our country....smh
Omg. I cried through it all. Her pain is heard all around the world! God bless her family!
When she said he was Mine tears immediately start running
Even now looking back, I can’t even fathom what it is like to lose someone so close. Offering deepest sympathies, love, prayers.
Steve did a damn good job keeping this interview professional. He left all of the politics and all of the race issues out of it and made it about the loss of a son. Yet all of you, Steve's supposed "fans" in this comment section wants to make it about race and politics all over again. What a damn shame.
To give Micheal's mom a public platform to speak about who her son was prior to this entire incident was beautiful - Steve is right at the end of the day a Mother lost her first born son. Praying for her!
Thank you Steve Harvey for making Michael Brown Mother come on your show I'm glad that you could be there to used your platform for this Tragedy ,
This brought me to tears... I just cannot imagine... brave, strong woman to be able to share her story.
No matter what kind of person mike was and what he did that day, he is still important. Every life is important.
THANK YOU.
Every sperm is sacred.
This was very touching. I cried like so many mothers do in cases like this. This show that Steve did was well put together and he stated the true essence of what we need to focus on. We need a change in this country period.
Stay strong, stay angry, stay alert. Don't let Michael Brown's name be forgotten. They will try to paint him as a thug but he was a humble man and he didn't deserve his life to be taken away
Thank you Steve Harvey for using your show as a platform to support us as a people.
May God give you peace and comfort during these hard times!!!...
I'm a Mother of two. I can't imagine how bad, horrific this must be for this poor Woman. So sorry for the the family. God bless You and may His Grace be upon You.
Makes me love Steve Harvey all the more😍😍😍
Because he's an idiot ??
PPPPWWWWAAAHHHAAA #HATER😝😝😝😝 Go Steve Harvey Gooooo✊✊✊✊
I can't dry my eyes and watching again and again , may God gives you strength and power
no parent should have to go through something like this
Should've taught Brown not to assault Officers
Then don't teach your kids not to assault officers
Most of y'all don't know the vibes we face. I'm about to be 23 on the 1st. I'm black and my name isn't something like Carter or Bob. People judge you and criminalize you about everything. It's painful but if you're not receiving the hate you don't know how it is. To be label a thug by your looks, name, and overall my appearance. I don't smoke or drink but I'm look at like a druggie, no violent but I'm a thug and my name o that's a name of a ghetto person. Someone that's ignorant or unintelligent
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This is just an analogy. If Somebody showed you 2 dogs, 1 is a Labrador and the other is a Pit Bull which one would you fear (be honest)???
You would fear the Pit Bull based on their reputation and it's look.
redta93kwy yeah, which is why bully breeds like the pit bull are discriminated against as well. Basically, everyone just needs to stop giving so much heed to stereotypes. It's so stupid and ignorant.
redta93kwy This is what happens why you try to compare human beings to animals.
Pitbulls were bred to be aggressive (by humans, btw, so it's not even their fault), and they're not even necessarily that way. It's how the owners are that determines it.
Black people are human beings just like any other race. We can all make rational decisions. Don't treat this guy like an animal. He deserves better.
cddraftman yet there's a video that DISproves there was a robbery, the owner of that store and his lawyers said there was nothing stolen, there's proof brown bought the damn cigarillos... so what exactly were you talking about?
Splashstorm04 you can't be serious Dorian Johnson (MB friend) admitted that was them on tape. Take responsibility stop trying to play victim. MB was not this angel!!!! Blacks are determined not to see the big picture. Million of black people walk down the streets without being killed by the police. Something happen!!!!
they have every right to protest. sometimes violence is the only way to get a message across in cases like this.
i thought racism was coming to a closure but i'm obviously wrong. this story is extremely heartbreaking & i'm glad social media is spreading the message across so people worldwide can see this injustice. it's sickening.
This may be completely inappropriate at this moment. But that woman shows her beauty inside and out and I pray she finds her way through this with Gods help...I have no other comments on this issue...
For everyone talking about he stole something, the clerk in that store said he didn't take anything. And if he had, it wasn't worth his life!
Erika....then why did the autopsy and ballistics evidence show that MB was running towards officer Wilson in contradictory testimony of MB's friend Dorian Johnson? MB died that day because his mom raised him up without respect for authority.
We don't have that type of police abuse on black folks here in Rockdale county Georgia. I have been on ride a longs, viewed men and women being arrested at gunpoint while stopped at a local gas station. I have two fishing buddies who are in law enforcement and they are not mean to the blacks they pull over or confront while on duty. I just don't either see it going on nor do we read about it in our local paper nor online at many blogs written about street life here in Atlanta. Yes there are bad apples in society. I have been threatened by a huge black coworker 20 years ago because I was going to tell on him for his sexual harassment of a female coworker. He threatened my life! But I still to this day go fishing with his good friend Glen because I am a man of God. Had MB mom sought a Christian life this whole mess would have never happened.
Moms deserve an academy award
I cried watching this whole interview. Everything that was said is so true. I have four boys and I myself always talk and teach my kids the same thing Mr. Harvey does with his children I feel for Mrs. Brown and we all must send our positive vibes and prayer her way as she grieves. Sad that is what we have come to but we as a nation and as parents cant not just sit back and let our children suffer and die inhuman we must teach and lead our children. It takes a community to lead our young men and young woman
Lizzette Novaton Did you also cry for the grocery store owner he assaulted and bullied of the grocery store he robbed just prior to having been shot and killed? Sounds like brown got what he had coming to him.
ThunderAppeal don't try to comment with ignorance. Its more than what his actions were He was a young man shot several times and left to die. Think on that and you ask yourself what if this was your child a friends child a neighbor or a kid in your town....
Lizzette Novaton If god forbid this was my child and I found out that he had assaulted a store owner after he robbed them I would find it difficult to be so self-rightous like this lady is and like you are. But you are black and hypocrisy and ignorance seem to go hand in hand with you people.
ThunderAppeal I don't go on social media and go back and forth with unknown factors in this world but you should have never commented to me. I highly do not think that if this was a family member or your child you will not feel the way this family feels especially since you are white and if it was a black officer. We all know what way that result would come out to be. Everyone has a right to say what they want but let me correct you 1) I am far from ignorant 2) I am not black but am proud to fully embrace being a minority 3) Who are you people that you refer to? 4) What are you doing to change the crime rate for white America? 5) The ignorant society you surround yourself goes hand and hand and until we (my minority people) get society and ourselves to see life differently this conversation will continue to go. So I say to you take a look at yourself and ask your self how ignorant are you and how can you change your views on minority people? What are you doing for your people??
ThunderAppeal this coming from a member of a race that has raped and pillaged the globe.
The pain in her face is heartbreaking! It brings me back to my mother crying in a towel when I was 4, my brother had been murdered. Many Blessings to the Brown family! God has you covered!
Praying for you and your family...
Crying here from Uganda. Sorry mum. May God be by your side. Tough
The ignorance in these comments shows how divided America is.
Carla Linton. I feel so sorry for Micheal Brown's Mother in the time of her bereavement. I am keeping her in my prayers.
I feel for us who have sons!!!!
turtle man BLACK LIVES MATTER
I feel for anyone who has children full stop this world is a mad scary place. It's only getting worse unfortunately
Pray for justice
Pray for comfort
Pray for happiness
I truly understand as I lost my husband and our daughter .
I feel sorry for the mother, but this doesn't change the situation. 8 (black) witnesses support Wilson's story, contradicting the 7 witnesses supporting Brown's story. Brown wasn't a humble kid, but had just robbed a store and bullied the store owner before confronting Wilson. Brown wasn't an innocent little kid either, but a huge 6.4. guy that had attacked Wilson in his car with his fists, tried to get hold of Wilson's gun and refused arrest before being shot. The autopsy report confirmed Wilson's story while not supporting the story that the Brown camp advocates. Wilson never had any issue with race in all of his professional life before this story came up. Let's start looking at the facts people. Justice is not equatable with just hanging someone from the tree no matter what.
Regardless of him being a robber or not, there is no real reason to shoot him, especially in the upper body 6 times. A police officer is usually assisted by another, they shouldn't be going to these type of cases by themselves (not sure if there were 2 officers or just the 1) so they could've easily tackled & handcuffed him or called in for more assistance to follow up the arrest. The fact that he shot him 6 times shows a personal issue towards the victim. This has been said in most man slaughter cases by coroners. He did not follow simple police conduct and brought personal issues into his job. In my opinion, he deserves to be punished more than a regular murderer because he manipulated his job for killing a man.
***** Brown just didn't do "something stupid". While Wilson was still stitting in his car - trapped -, Brown punshed him nearly unconcous while trying to grab Wilson's gun. This is confirmed by the autopsy report, which indicates that Brown was shot in the finger (while wresting with Wilson for his gun, as explained by Wilson in his testimony). After being shot in the finger, Brown moved away. What was Wilson supposed to do? Let the guy go who had just severely beaten a police officer and attempted to take his gun away? Wilson got out of the car and - rightly so - told Brown to freeze. Brown again did not comply to police orders but approached Wilson again, who then shot Brown in self-defense. The 6 shots can be explained by the anxiety that Wilson felt when Brown approached. If you can hold Wilson accountable for something then that he didn't keep his cool and tried to control Brown with pepper spray or his baton. Here I can see that the Brown camp actually had a valid point. However, unfortunately for them, they didn't advocate for that but went with the "cold blooded cop killer story" instead, which naturally didn't work, as this wasn't backed by the evidence.
Actually, there is video footage of Brown paying for his cigarillos and the store clerk even confirmed that Brown had payed for them. Also, Brown's fingerprints were NOT found on Wilson's weapon. Additionally, the injuries you speak of only consisted of what Wilson wanted to call bruising, but is in fact a rare birthmark, and a small cut on his chin. The released reports that were presented to the grand jury before the decision confirm all of these points. Trust me, I read every page.
Also, Brown was not shot in the finger.
***** Let me ask you this, if you had someone trying to take your gun and overpower you, would you defend yourself? aka shoot him before he takes your gun and shoots you. Forget black and white. This is human instinct.
Thanks Steve for putting forth the most important point, in such a clear way. I can not think how I would feel If it were my boy on that street with the life drained out of him . Then to have so many insensitive people disrespecting the mother that just lost her 16 year old son . There can be no greater pain than to have a child die before the parent. No matter what the circumstances are. Mrs brown I am sorry for your loss may you find peace . Do not listen to the insensitive ones. There not worth your attention!!
When he said unarmed he forgot to mention he beat you an elderly store owner...now I know why I no longer watch Family Fued.. However, I hope he does the show one day and a cop's family wins...that be awesome....
what??
HE SAID MIKE BROWN WAS UNARMED..DID that MATTER TO THE OLD STORE OWNER HE STRONG ARMED/BEAT UP. DID YOU MISS THAT VIDEO....??? KEEP LIVING IN FANTASY LAND...MIKE BROWN WAS A CRIMINAL.
+Felony Strutter He didn't tho
Regardless if he beat someone or not, that doesn't mean he should have been killed. There are other ways to handle that problem.
@@hisangel1514 *If you assualt two people and try to steal a cop's gun, what comes next is your fault.*
All I wanna do this hold her. The entire time I’m watching this I’m crying and wanting to hold her hand bring her head in close and tell her with all the empathy I could give her and take all her pain in and out from her. She’s way to beautiful. We understand mama black woman to black woman! I could only picture my future children or my brother and how I could see that could be them!
Steve left out the part of stop walking down the middle of the street after you have robbed a store.
Michael brown is a sad tragedy. He and his family will be blessed and a prosperious future. Michael brown is in my thoughts and prayer for him and his family so was his community.
Is it the same micheal who robbed and man handled a poor little shopkeeper??
The CCTV doesn't lie now ,does it.
+chuck Berry did he deserved to get shot while unarmed tho?
+chuck Berry it doesn't and it sure as hell didn't show "man handling". If a shove is man handling, you need to get outside more.
***** lol
Mrs. Leslie God is ALWAYS WATCHING!!!!
He was such a cute baby! Rest his soul.
***** Yes, cute. Apparently the grocery store owner that he assaulted and bullied when he robbed the grocery store just prior to being shot and killed didnt seem to share the same sentiment that you do.
ThunderAppeal They released a video which shows he paid for the box of cigars he "stole", believe what you want.
Wylein That has nothing to do with Darren Wilson shooting him...
"Meek, humble, tall, mine"...........just says it all..............."I could not have done anything differently"........"something that happened"....says it all......
Nice that he can do a show on Michael Brown, but not on Dillon Taylor.
Wonder why;
this made me cry so hard
i outright lost it when he said jason
such a strong beautiful women I hope god wraps his arms around her and her family
he sure looked like a "gentle" giant in the store when he robbed and then physically threatened the owner or clerk when confronted. I remember a quote from my uncle regarding some of my behavior as a youth, "The way or the transgressor is hard! " and I took heed! I wonder if he was aware of where his behavior could lead him. hmmm!
i feel so sorry for her 😥i feel her pain no mother should bury her child
only God can judge us
I'm here in st.louis mo I'm here for the family I was watching this all the way from Oklahoma City ok I told myself I need to go to St Louis
why is it that no one is talking about Mike Brown Flip Flops? Have you ever tried to run in Flip Flops? It's really hard to do that and he was a pretty big guy, so I know he couldn't do it. But his Flip Flops were still on his feet when he dead. But he suppose to be doing all this rushing and charging in FLIP FLOPS! But no one have asked the cop how he was running with his Flip Flops on.
made me cry so sad a mothers love never ends r.i.p. mike
steve Harvey why did you sell out to Michael brown, the real steve would have said "the boy should not been stealing and where are the parents"
Its sad he died . He had a long life ahead of him. Condolences to his family Also Condolences to Dillon Taylor's Family.
OMFG! It's just amazing how NO ONE seems to PUBLICLY address the issue of how this 6'4", 300 Lb. 'unarmed kid' attacked a police officer while he was sitting in his car! He was no angel, poor and innocent. He was a punk. A thug. Who didn't even have the sense to know he was supposed to PAY for the merchandise he took from the store, nor did have a clue what sidewalks were for. But, I know....he was so precious. :(
P.S. I will never watch another show with Steve Harvey in it. He's an idiot.
210 lbs, same height and weight as darren wilson
Kaysea Frepp
? MB outweighed him by 90 Lbs.
I agree! Hey Mr. Harvey, Can you really afford to lose all of your WHITE fans?? Good Luck with that!! These MORONS are just hurting themselves!
Ikr
I pray to God to make you and your family strong sweetheart 😢😢😢💔
O my God I can't stop crying 😢😢
*looks for racists comment to justify the killer's action*
took less than 2 seconds.
Good job America.
You're the racist for assuming that someone is racist because they want the truth and defend someone who isn't guilty. You're racist and ignorant!
*What about the part where Mike Brown assualted and robbed a store clerk and assualted the cop and tried to steal his gun?*
@@starhunter9085 you are the problem in America!!!!! He’s life mattered ✊🏿 trump out office so go back into your racist hole
@@ohioinchrist1784 you have no sympathy at all 🤦🏾♀️!!! Racist BLm ✊🏿 go back to your racist joke Trump lost & we are changing the world !!!
Oh my God. This is painful. Jesus, have mercy !
I feel sorry for her loss but he was not an innocent "child", he had just attacked a store clerk and robbed them, he attacked the police officer and tried to take his gun. now what do you think would have happened if Brown had gotten that gun? he would have shot that cop! I understand a mothers love and how she wants to see the best in him but she is in denial. I do not believe the cop set out to kill anyone, he acted in self defense. and the rioters burning and looting their own neighborhood?? that is insane! what good does it do??
You really need to re-evaluate your life when you start to justify a murder.
You don't understand black culture so you won't understand why were hurting...simple as that
***** Were talking about the issue of black men getting killed every 28 hours by police...28 HOURS! You don't know shit. Regardless of how you look at it "your safe." I'm not. Stay out of my mentions.
this is an open forum and anyone can comment.
***** you wrote a book for me :) & I thought you were a racist silly me
I have tears in my eyes while watching this. I feel so sorry for this women and i'm truly angry about this whole Fergustion situation
Meek and humble. Does she mean the way he meekly stole a box of cigars and humbly pushed the clerk around when he tried to stop him? Or the way he meekly punched the officer and humbly went after his gun? Meek and humble my ass.
So he deserved to die?
+Antasia Lynn Yes. Because that's the risk you know you're taking when you go after a police officer's gun. But the point you missed by a mile was that if his mother had recognized her son for what he truly was, she would've been a good parent and steered him in another direction. Problem is, she's a thug her damn self and that's exactly where he learned it from. Do you have any other stupid questions or will that be it for today?
Yes...easily. What do you think he was going to do with the cop's gun had he been successful? There's only one reason to go for a cop's gun.
CrashN2Me1000 .He did not deserve to die!!!
+Coco dan He was going after the officer's gun, numb nuts.
Poor women I want to bring as much comfort to her as I can
So where is Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Iggy Azalea or anybody who loves to appropriate anything from black culture/people?
Exactly, nowhere to be seen or heard from.
Not to worry they stole it all from Elvis THE KING.
Joe scout and where do you think he got it from? Who did he always say he looked up to?
True but a rapper, The Game has made a collabiration with other artists to make a song "Don't Shoot". It's good, passes the message perfectly. And the MLK movie, Selma that's coming out, good timing eh.
Who gives a fuck? Why the fuck would anyone care what those morons think about it? Oh that's right, dumb fucks.
..and stop trying to emulate white men, in ways that goes BEYOND just some hair! Stop naming yourselves after them ("Gotti", "Capone"), stop bragging about cars manufactured in their name (Mercedes), and wearing their tags (Nike, Hilfiger) ...stop trying to live in their neighborhoods, dine in their homes (i.e., Kanye), and be accepted in their world
thank you Steve for listening to her heartache.
"There once was a thug named Brown
Who bum-rushed a cop with a frown
Six bullets later
He met his creator
Then his homies burnt down the town"
*****
Why, are you a lowlife thug? Would it make you happy if my family was murdered by a random nutjob?
+nustada great come back.
Valeria Hernandez
You are a special snowflake.
+nustada Thank GOD his creator is of BROWN SKIN like MIKE!
nustada ok. Good come back. Did you come up with that all by yourself pumpkin?
I watch what I say and do! For it may be my last. Walk as straight as you can. I have children and I too teach my children what to do if stopped by police if ever the reason arises. I know no one is perfect but I try my hardest and so do my children. I am 35 years old never been in trouble with the law. I pray everyday it stays that way and same will go for me and mine!
What the hell is going on with the CC subtitles??? I am lucky i can read lips but who ever wrote up the subtitles for this video didn't even try. This is a tragic event that happened and for anyone who cant hear the story and needs the close captioning will have no clue what is going on. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED OUT OF RESPECT FOR MICHAEL BROWN AND HIS FAMILY!!!!!
They probably weren't edited to begin with. CC Subtitles, unless they are typed in manually, will automatically try to register what is being said. The technology obviously is not very sophisticated and still in the works.
I cried to this I ain't ashamed to say it 😢😭
Hysterically crying... I can't. 😰 R.I.P
One of the most important videos of 2014.
Idky I see Steve crying I start crying too. Damn. My condolences for Michael's family and he rest in peace. 🙏
4HRS IN THE STREETS??.... I CAN'T IMAGINE THE PAIN OF SEEING YOUR BABY!... LAYING IN THE STREETS....THE DISRESPECT AND DISREGARD FOR A HUMAN LIFE.. SMH, PRAY GOD STRENGTHENS HER EVERY SECOND OF THE DAY...MAY GOD COMFORT ON HER WEARY DAYS...MAY HE R.I.P WITH OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND EXPERIENCE THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL🥀🕊️
Very well said Steve, thanks for being such a balanced and strong voice for the black community especially about this topic at that point of time.
I know what its like to lose someone like that, though not at the hands of a cop. The pain inflicted is unimaginable and the weight of it is heavy. The only thing that will cure it is prayer and time. It gets better and less heavy, but it will never go away. My prayer is the the peace of the Lord will be upon the Brow/Mcspadden family.
Hard thing to watch but it's the truth in its rawest form.
Leslie, I'm praying for you and your family.
I had to pause the video a few times so that I can hear what she was saying due to my own cries on behalf of her and her family. This is so sad.
Her pain was so raw, so visible. Absolutely heartbreaking, heartbreaking. There are no words to describe what this woman is going through.
I just can't even imagine, I have 4 boys, 16, 13 & 1/2, 8 and 2 & 1/2, and God please, please never let anything like this happen to my babies.
It hurts my soul when I see this happening. It just can't happen anymore, it can't. Something has to change, the mindset of the people have to change. We can't look at "well what was he doing?" if he's unarmed and been shot it doesn't matter. Another mother can't lose her baby because a police man "though he was a threat."
Gothmummi nothing won't happen to them if they cooperate and have appropriate respect towards the police and didn't try to reach of their guns or violently attack them and you know if you was a police officer and someone was armed you would kill them you know if you had a gun on you and someone was attacking you you would pull it out and them quit fronting
Michael seemed to be a cool kid. I could have easily wanted to be friends with this guy. A lot of bad things always happen to the best of us. Michael didn't deserve to lose his life.
Carla Linton. May The Good Lord Jesus Christ be with Michael Brown's Mother. Lesley McSpadden in the time of her bereavement.