I was thinking of the thousands of racist Ferguson residents who have pledged to passively remain on government welfare the rest of their lives while reading, over the weekend, about another teenage punk, also black, an overweight 13-year-old cell phone snatcher in Brooklyn.

The fat kid sneaked up on a 36-year-old businesswoman who was standing in front of a store making a work call on Friday afternoon at 1:20.

The punk stole her phone and ran, or wobbled away.

Oops.

He picked the wrong lady.

She set out after him.

Being overstuffed and underworked, the kid ran out of steam. He handed off his short-lived booty to a fellow punk.

The courageous chasing woman caught the plump punk after a five-block chase. She held him for two minutes until the cops came. She wrapped both arms around his chest and pinned him against a car.

How did the punk become a punk – with no apparent redeemable values?

No wonder the kid is turning out worthlessly.

Did his vacant mother punish the boy? Far from it. She excoriated the woman. “She has her hands all over (my son). Why is she touching him like that?”

Tauntingly, the misguided mom added of her wayward son, “He’s a very good boy.”

Scold him? Feh! Not this I Am a Victim mom.

You see misspent punks like Mike Brown of Ferguson who committed a crime, holding up a store owner nine days ago before the I Am a Victim crowd put down their welfare checks and sprinted into the streets.

Why is there an education gap between black and white students? Don’t tell me about poor public schools. Tell me about lousy, racist, barely educated I Am a Lifetime Victim parents who refuse to convey moral values, even a trace of inspiration, to their children.

Ignorant, malicious and absentee parents are 99 percent of the explanation for why black girls and boys turn out the way Mike Brown and the cell phone thief did.