My whole problem with this is... I dont know what happened! I dont trust any of the eye witness or police accounts, to be honest, I am hoping someone somewhere has a video. In lieu of that, perhaps some forensic detail (shot in the back, etc) would help.
I doubt there is a video that gives creedence to the so called “witnesses” who have run to the tv networks.
Everyone has cell phone camera, even in Ferguson...but NO ONE has video of this, apparently. Of course it is POSSIBLE the cops have electronic evidence...they likely have turned that over to authorities.
My point is there is no or little BALANCE in media coverage.
Question the cops? Sure. But there has been precious little scrutiny of the claims of those alleging police abuse....I think that is from bias and/or fear of being accused of “racism”.
I would say that this is the damage that is done by cops not holding themselves to a very high-standard. If cops never covered up for bad cops and we didn't regularly see abusive use of force, we could presume a certain level of trust in the police. Personally, I've lost that trust.