Drudge has a headline that I’m sure many are seeing that reads “Pharrell Williams: Why Aren’t We Talking About Michael Brown’s ‘Bullyish’ Behavior?” So I thought this could be interesting even though it’s a couple of weeks old. But it wasn’t interesting, at least not in a good way.
Sure, Williams suggested that it concerned him that Michael Brown would rob a store and bully his way out of the store. But then in the same breath he describes Michael Brown as a ‘baby‘, a ‘boy that was walking in the middle of the street‘ and accused Darren Wilson of using excessive force, saying Brown didn’t deserve to die, and that Darren Wilson should be punished serve time.
EBONY: Did you see the video allegedly showing Michael Brown stealing from a convenience store minutes before his death?
WILLIAMS: It looked very bully-ish; that in itself I had a problem with. Not with the kid, but with whatever happened in his life for him to arrive at a place where that behavior is OK. Why aren’t we talking about that?
EBONY: You can almost hear the gnashing of Bill Cosby’s teeth.
WILLIAMS: And I agree with him. When Cosby said it back then, I understood; I got it. Listen, we have to look at ourselves and take action for ourselves. Cosby can talk that talk because he created Fat Albert, he tried to buy NBC, he portrayed a doctor on The Cosby Show and had all of us wearing Coogi sweaters. You’ve got to respect him. I believe that Ferguson officer should be punished and serve time. He used excessive force on a human being who was merely a child. He was a baby, man. The boy was walking in the middle of the street when the police supposedly told him to “get the f–k on the sidewalk.” If you don’t listen to that, after just having pushed a storeowner, you’re asking for trouble. But you’re not asking to be killed. Some of these youth feel hunted and preyed upon, and that’s why that officer needs to be punished.