How much lower can someone go than to cross the mother of a deceased child by pimping said child’s image against her wishes? Compounding a tragedy with a tragedy like this is simply UNFATHOMABLE. #OutOfOrder #Foul #Grimy
A physical assault erupted among family members of Michael Brown over the rights to sell merchandise bearing his image. Brown was killed in a shooting incident this past summer.
Fox 2 in St. Louis reported Michael Brown’s mother, Lesley McSpadden, confronted Brown’s cousin, Tony Petty, and grandmother, Pearlie Gordon, who were selling t-shirts and other Michael Brown memorabilia at a BBQ establishment close to where Brown was killed.
McSpadden reportedly yelled at them, saying, “You can’t sell this s–t!,” according to one witness. One of the relatives demanded that McSpadden produce a patent. Fox 2 notes that a police report describes the incident becoming so violent that McSpadden assaulted Petty with a metal pipe or pole, resulting in a 911 call.
Petty was taken to a local hospital. No arrests had been made. According to Fox 2, McSpadden said in a statement she didn’t want images of her deceased son to be part of any “self-serving business or political actions.” (Western Journalism)
