Yes, I woke up one day and suddenly understood what some other demographics were complaining about. I ignored the growing police state because I was unaffected by it... until I wasn’t.
So no, the Ferguson PD isn’t getting a free pass on this one. I’m no longer assuming that victims of police shootings invited it through their own criminality.
he pd may have problems but the officer still may have been attacked by the guy.
reports say the kid got several face punches in on the officer and then went reaching for the gun. they say the officer’s face is clearly swollen ow. if true, it wold lend some credibility to this account.
i was a “good boy” at 18 and at that time never would have thought that was the thing to do to an armed officer.