To be clear the perp wasn’t shot for stealing cigars....assault of a police officer occurred before the shooting. Time will tell if it was a good shoot or not but the narrative being floated doesn’t jive with that video!!
If the video hadn’t been released, the narrative of Saint Michael Brown would’ve taken hold and impossible to dispel. The policeman would’ve gotten the George Zimmerman treatment from “fair-minded” liberals and race baiters. I applaud whomever made that gutsy decision.
The argument of the Usual Suspects that Brown was "innocent" because he was unarmed is a fallacy in and of itself. A letter-writer in today's Houston Chronicle makes that point clear: police (or others) are not debarred from using deadly force simply because the perp/shootee-designate is not armed. E.g.: look what Trayvon did to George Zimmermann with his bare hands.
That dog won't hunt. "Brown was an innocent victim because he was not armed!" Bullhockey.
“Time will tell if it was a good shoot or not”
The biggest problem is that you are mistake there. People don’t trust that an honest investigation will happen.
Make no mistake, everyone involved in the investigation has EVERY incentive to clear him. Cops of course don’t want honest investigations, for fear they will one day face one. Government from town to Fed? They don’t want their enforcers having to be cautious of mistakes. Far better to send them the message that they have the officer’s back, even when he is wrong. That way, they won’t hesitate.