can’t trust either sides. But in the conservatives should come down harder on the police - they are sworn to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. And they CLEARLY DID NOT do this. Confiscating phones, harassing and arresting reporters. And CLEARLY firing tear gas at news crews and then trying to screw up their cameras (despite attempts by pro-police folks to edit it to look otherwise) all indicate this police force is out of control. Too militarized, too aggressive. They have not upheld the US Constitution. That actually makes them worse, morally, than the black guy if he did rob that store.
The thug had just robbed a store. When an officer tried to stop him he beat the officer who then shot him. Both Brown and his robbery pal are gang members. The store that was burned was the store Brown robbed and it was burned to the ground because they called the cops.
You were there?
I know one side specifically, in this case-by-case basis, that I DON’T trust, and that is the dead guy and the people rioting.
In another situation in which I will decide on a case-by-case basis, I might fault the police.
You (and we) shouldn’t conflate these issues.