So, Were They "Thugs," Too? Or Just Crispus Attucks?

From Album 5

And for that matter, what about the Sons of Liberty, stealing and looting? Something else for Joe Scarborough to think about...the British soldiers were tried -- and for the most part, acquitted -- after a fair trial in open court.

No, Michael Brown was not Crispus Attucks or a Son of Liberty...but the rights they demanded in perpetuity for all of us, even alleged shoplifters, were denied to him, and a troublingly large number of people who happen to be African American.