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.
Ha ha, look at the Internet Tough Guy White Race Warrior; ninety percent cookie dough, ten percent talk. Here’s hoping his final moments are ironic in light of his statements.
Will the top of his head do?
I’ve seen some strange looking ears in my days but this loon has award winners!
It’ll never happen because Mike Brown is already dead, douchebag. He’s like a puffed up child bragging about shit he’s never done and will never do.
Typical gun-loving douche. Probably strokes his muskrat every night staring at Guns’N Ammo.