10 Things You Didn’t Know About Michael Brown, According To Family And Friends
He Could Easily “Get Along with Anybody”
As McSpadden told The New York Times in that same piece, her son was street smart and quite the people person, even if the people he got along with could give others the wrong impression about him. Still, Michael didn’t have a criminal record as an adult, and she stated that he didn’t get into legal trouble as a kid either. “You may see him on a picture with some friends that may have been in a gang,” she said. “He wasn’t in a gang. He just knew how to adapt to his surroundings. Michael was so cool that he could just get along with anybody.”