Of course, a few facts either way will not interfere with a riot.
Police seem to be pretty trigger happy these days. We live about 75 miles away from St Louis, in a small town. Our community is 97% white.
We have had more than our share of police being called to help relatives with an unruly individual and that person winding up dead. People are quite upset, but we don’t have a stinkin’ riot over it.
These are just thugs using an excuse to do what thugs do. Upset with the police? Take it to the police station, your alderman etc. Don’t take it out on the local yokel just trying to make a living.
Whatever wrong the police have done, is no excuse for this behavior. Two wrongs don’t make a right. Police who are wrong need to be punished, and rioters and looters need to be punished. Neither behavior excuses the other.