Mike Huckabee: Michael Brown would be alive if he was 'something other than a thug'

Mike Huckabee: Michael Brown would be alive if he was 'something other than a thug'
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Add Mike Huckabee to the list of people who think Michael Brown was killed because he acted like a "thug."

"It's a horrible thing that he was killed, but he could have avoided that if he'd behaved like something other than a thug," the former Arkansas governor and one-time presidential candidate said in an interview with Newsmax.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.