Ferguson

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Originally Posted by tshile

If you shot someone it wouldn't cause mass riots for almost a week due to allegations of racism and corruption among the police force. That's why they wouldn't have any trouble releasing your name.


So they were forced to release his name.

Oh and the fact that Brown was suspected of assault and robbery of a local store.

So much for the innocent college kid walking in the street gunned down by the white racist simply because he's black narrative.

I'm sure all the people that immediately called everyone racist and rioted will apologize.

So you basically accept the spoon fed police narrative, but disregard pictures of local police tear gassing and arresting journalists, and citizens. You also seem to disregard the fact that once the "good ole boy" local police were removed there was no need for tear gas, and suddenly the same citizens that were being teargassed now were able to go through the evening with only 3 rocks thrown.

two sides to every coin I guess.

Presumed innocence for the guy who was killed goes a lot further for me than a town's cops putting out the story 5 days after the fact in a way that makes them look the best they possibly could given the events of the intervening days.

And releasing his name wouldn't have caused mass riots, it was the fact that they did NOT release his name that caused the riots, AND if they had released the name, and the riots still occurred, there would be much less sympathy for those who rioted than when the police look like they are protecting one of their own.