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In response to "It might be easier if this case was one that ended up being a gray area, or easily rallied around." by Will Hunting

Brown is the face of the movement more because he brought light to the systematic abuses than because of the circumstances of his own death. I had

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Aug 11 '15, 07:48

this discussion multiple times with my in-laws who were focused entirely on whether the Brown shooting was justified or not. They were missing the real story either way. The reality is only that he was a catalyst, justified or not, for bringing light to systematic abuses. The fact that the circumstances around his death are not cut and dried can be a distraction from the real message, but it shouldn't be.

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Any event of this magnitude has distractions. Managing those distractions is exactly how sides win the battles/war. - Will Hunting Aug 11, 07:56 4
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  - Goalposts move....the goal isn't to kick the ball through them, it's to move the ball down the field. - Will Hunting Aug 11, 08:01 1
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  - People will say that, but those people are on the wrong side of this. And I think that matters. -- nm - Jim Aug 11, 08:00
Of course not, but he's still the reference point. -- nm - pmb Aug 11, 07:53 1
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Brown is the face of the movement more because he brought light to the systematic abuses than because of the circumstances of his own death. I had

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