Michael Brown Beating A Senior Man (Real or Fake)

Is it really Michael Brown who was shown beating a senior man in a video that is currently circulating on social media?

There is a video dated 21 December 2014 posted on Facebook by a user named Bob Kitsemetry with the title “The gentle GIANT Yea?” The blurry video suggested that the individual beating the elderly man was the late Michael Brown (the teenager who was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer sparking riots and protests across the country).

Here is the full the message that’s being circulated on Facebook:

The gentle GIANT Yea?

A MUST VIEW
Attached is a video taken from a cell phone, showing how Michael Brown…..(yes, the one and the same)….treats a senior black male. This 300 lb. young boy (that’s what media calls him) is the same Michael Brown that attempted to take a gun away from a police officer and paid with his life. Here is the fellow that all of the riots are about. Videos don’t lie. You will not see this in the media. Pass this around so the truth can be known. It needs to be seen!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, the Grand Jury got it
ALL WRONG.

Is it really Michael Brown that’s shown in the video? Sorry, it seems that it was not Brown. According to snopes, the video was taken at an apartment complex in Dallas, Texas, a place where Michael Brown never lived. Also, the video was originally posted to the Internet back in 2012, when Brown was just 16, with the original title “only in Woodland City.”

Here is the original video that has been copied and reposted recently (warning for adult content):