CNN’s Hostin to Mike Brown’s Mom: What Do You Say to People Who Say Mike Was a Thug?

McSPADDEN: “Anybody that knew him, that was their thought. Why? No. Mike Mike. No. We don’t believe that. He’s too sweet.”
HOSTIN: “Well, let’s talk about that. Because so many people in America have seen this surveillance video in the convenience store and people are saying your son was a punk, your son was a thug, your son was aggressive, your son was violent. So he must have been aggressive with Officer Wilson. What do you say to that?”
McSPADDEN: “I say that you cannot judge him off of an 18-second video. And we knew — and we’ve known him for 18 years. We know better. I say, ‘No, you’re wrong. And you cannot look at one image of a person and perceive who they are in the whole.’ Because if that’s the case, let’s look at the [indecipherable] Darren Wilson.”