Ferguson officer Darren Wilson not indicted

[RCTjunkie]

Moneybags said:

RCTjunkie said:

My professor mentioned that it was interesting when people talked about riots and violence people automatically assumed it would be black people instead of the police, who initiated violence through shooting the guy. I found it an interesting observation regardless what I may think.

With all due respect RTC, wasn't it Brown who started hitting the officer first?

My professor made the point and I thought it was interesting. Interesting doesn't mean I agree with it, but it does bring up interesting points.

Yes, you are right that Brown hit first. I don't know if shooting someone is okay even after getting punched if there are other methods to detain him. Whether they were available or he was trained to do so is what's causing confusion for me.

I do believe there is an overall trend of police brutality that should be examined in the US, but this case in particular is so divided and grey area that there was no way to have a united country calling for reformation, and has caused further division instead of unity. This shouldn't have elevated to the crisis that it is now.