Who IS Mike Brown?

It seems to me that we know absolutely nothing about Michael Brown, the “victim” in the police shooting in Ferguson, MO. In most cases, within a couple of days, SOMEBODY in the news media (Fox, if nobody else) gives us “chapter and verse” on the “life and times” of the central figure in the story. There has been no such effort in the case of the death of Michael Brown. The way he “strong-armed” that store clerk while stealing a pack of cigars (testified to by his accomplice, who ultimately admitted his lie), tells me he was used to doing such things, using his “bigness” to intimidate people and “running roughshod” over people. If so, there should be some “intel” about it, somewhere. SOMEBODY knows about it if he has done things like this before. In one picture he is shown flashing some “gang signs.” WAS he a gang member? Was he used to doing things like this “strong-arm” robbery of a convenience store, bullying people smaller than him? SOMETHING will be there to find out. So why doesn’t some “intrepid reporter” go out and find it? Maybe most of them just aren’t interested in what they might find, or Fox just didn’t think about it. Is the uproar about his death originated by his fellow gang members if he IS a member of a game? (Just common sense)