Red State editor Ben Howe jumped on Twitter the day before Thanksgiving to share his take on a grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson, Mo. police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown.
The conservative editor’s takeaway on Wednesday was brief but clear: He tweeted that, if he were in Wilson’s position, he would have “shot Mike Brown right in his face.”
Howe stuck around to field questions from other Twitter users.
Give me a gun. Put me in Darren Wilson’s shoes. I’d have shot Mike Brown right in his face.
— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) November 26, 2014
@LexiSimonson you don’t think a person should be allowed to defend themselves?
— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) November 27, 2014
@LexiSimonson if you have shot him multiple times and he’s still coming, what do you do? Take him down if you can.
— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) November 27, 2014
He appeared to address his critics once more on Friday:
What if I don’t care if you’re offended?
— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) November 28, 2014
Update: This post originally contained an additional tweet from Howe’s account that was sent in July and unconnected to his remarks on Wednesday and Friday. It has been removed.