The 'Happy' hitmaker comments on a surveillance video showing Brown stealing cigarillos from a convenience store and intimidating the shop owner before Officer Darren Wilson shot him.
- November 28, 2014
AceShowbiz -
Pharrell Williams angered some people with his response to the decision made by a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri not to indict Officer Darren Wilson. The "Happy" hitmaker said in a new interview with Ebony that the cop shouldn't have shot and killed Mike Brown. However, he argued that the teen's "buly-ish" behavior was also to blame for the shooting.
Before being shot to death, Brown was caught on surveillance camera stealing cigarillos from a convenience store and intimidating the shop owner. Pharrell then told Ebony what he thought of the footage, "It looked very bullyish; that in itself I had a problem with."
"Not with the kid, but with whatever happened in his life for him to arrive at a place where that behaviour is OK. Why aren't we talking about that?" he continued.
"The boy was walking in the middle of the street when the police supposedly told him to 'get the f**k on the sidewalk,' " he added. "If you don't listen to that, after just having pushed a storeowner, you're asking for trouble."
After the interview was published, numerous people blasted Pharrell on social media. One Twitter user wrote, "Mike Brown was a bully says Pharrell Williams. So do we get a pass to shoot bullies in society? Way to go Pharrell." Another added, "Did y'all read what silly & idiotic @Pharrell said to Ebony about Ferguson? Y'all have to learn that most of these Black celebs don't care."
