Michael Brown was not going to change the world. He could barely graduate from high school. To change the world for the good, you need an IQ north of 120, something that few blacks have. Mohammed Ali was perhaps the greatest sportsman of the 20th Century. His IQ was 78 and he was illiterate, so, yes, you can be a terrific entertainer with a low IQ, but you can’t cure cancer or design a better computer without a high IQ.
Mr. Brown was not the best student. “His grades were kind of edgy,” Michael Brown Sr. said. “That’s why I said I had to keep my foot on his neck to keep him on track.”
In his senior year, Mr. Brown was a few credits short. He was enrolled in the school’s credit recovery program, which allows students to work at their own pace to try to catch up.
“It seemed like Mike was probably the person that was the most serious in that class about getting out of Normandy, about graduating,” said Terrence Hamilton, the Normandy athletic director.
After graduating in May, Mr. Brown talked to Mr. Lewis about getting a job at the grocery store where Mr. Lewis worked. He also planned to pursue heating and cooling technician courses at a technical college.
He was an avid video game player. His favorite games were Call of Duty Zombies and PlayStation Home, a simulation game in which he created an avatar and a city.
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher? No.
Major General Harold “Harry” Green, United States Army? No.
Thug, strong arm robber, and police officer assaulter Mike Brown? You betcha!
While Prime Minister Thatcher and Major General Greene apparently didn’t merit any direct representation from the Obama administration, Mike Brown’s funeral will include three members of the presidents administration including a the head of a cabinet level agency.
As reported by the Washington Post,
“According to a White House official, Broderick Johnson, who heads the White House’s My Brother’s Keeper Task Force, will attend the service along with Marlon Marshall, a St. Louis native who attended high school with Brown’s mother. Heather Foster, who works with Marshall in the White House Office of Public Engagement, will also be in the pews at Brown’s funeral.”
In comparison, Prime Minister Thatcher’s delegation did not include a single member of the President’s staff nor did it include any of the President’s Cabinet level leaders. Major General Greene’s funeral famously included no representation from the Administration as the team was busy on the back 9 with the President.
