SeduceMePlz: MaGo72: I understand the sentiment. I lean libertarian (anti-authoritarian), and I find excessive use of force against citizens,
raid tactics, laws against victimless crimes, the move towards a police state, etc to be very disturbing. But we can't crucify Wilson based on our emotions about other cases.
I agree 100%. I have been very critical of the tactics of police, especially the ones here in the USA. I've been loud and vocal about things like the Patriot Act and the NSA wiretapping. In terms of freedom the whole world is definitely heading in the wrong direction.
However, this Ferguson case is a clear example of how people have become tired of oppression and are lashing out against the system, even though in this case no one seems to care about actual evidence. The case saw not 1 but 3 autopsies done on Mike Brown, one of them even being an examiner hired by the Brown family. The Grand Jury was given access to every single piece of forensic and eye witness evidence. And no indictment. Seems pretty clear to me. Mike Brown did not deserve to be judged just because of his skin color, but by that same reason Darren Wilson did not deserve to be judged just because he was a police officer. That door swings both ways.
Yet people protest and riot anyway. I think the disturbances of each side are only causing even more entrenchment and stubbornness. Combine all that frustration and anger with crowds, guns, bad economy, and election seasons and you can see how the whole thing starts to look like a powder keg just waiting for a match. Everyone is yelling, very few are listening. Unfortunate.