Well, those seem to be the two main competing narratives coming out. The other option is withholding judgement, but those people aren't doing anything wrong nor are the the subject of my criticism
It's the story the people telling us it's all about racism are spouting. I'm putting if's in front of them because I still believe there's a chance they're right - the chance dwindles with every new piece of information, but we still haven't seen an official report or heard the grand jury's decision, so it's certainly still a possibility.
I'm putting if's in front of the officer's story for the same reasons.