Fox’s Keith Ablow: Michael Brown’s Stepfather ‘Culpable’ In His Death (VIDEO)

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Fox News’ psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow on Wednesday suggested that Michael Brown’s stepfather is partially responsible for Brown’s death.

“Fox and Friends” brought Ablow on to discuss the police investigation into whether Brown’s stepdad, Louis Head, incited a riot after the St. Louis County grand jury decided not to indict police officer Darrel Wilson. Head yelled into the crowd in Ferguson, “Burn this motherfucker down! Burn this bitch down!”

Ablow had no question in his mind, that Head intended to spur mob violence.

“The man has to be charged. Michael Brown’s stepfather should be charged with attempting to incite a riot because that’s what he’s doing there,” he said.

Fox host Brian Kilmeade suggested that perhaps Head yelled out of grief, but Ablow would have none of it.

“This doesn’t look like grief to me,” he responded. “It looks like retribution, and for a perceived injustice that the courts say did not occur.”

Ablow then went on to say that Head was responsible for more than inciting a riot.

“Listen, the investigation into Michael Brown’s death has ended, and now the investigation into his life should begin. And I would question whether having a stepfather like Michael Brown’s, this man who should be charged with attempting to incite a riot, influenced Michael Brown to lose his life, to have no respect for the property of others, no respect for authority,” he said. “And therefore, to find himself engaged in a mortal conflict with a law officer — an officer of the law.”

After a discussion about whether charging head would just lead to further unrest in Ferguson, Ablow insisted one last time that Head had something to do with Brown’s actions before he was shot by Wilson.

“The fact that he is the stepfather makes him culpable potentially for more than just those words, for the life of Michael Brown,” Ablow said, “and his death.”

Watch the clip via Raw Story:

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