I am opposed to anarchy, looting, destruction of private property and I back LEO in getting order back into the town but there is in other cases random events where SWAT is acting under dubious circumstances. There are two books out on the increasing militarization of local police forces and bizarre equipment being purchased by local towns.The colonists resisted such powers being given to local police forces (lobsters) so we should be mindful of that in keeping with our history.
Let’s be honest about two things:
1. These rioters and looters don’t care about Michael Brown. They wouldn’t care if he said he was the second coming of Jesus and commanded them to stop and be peaceful. They just want free stuff and it’s a great opportunity to get free stuff.
2. None of us know what happened that led to the incident. But you have to look at motive and agenda When listening to one side of the story. I don’t think that this LEO woke up that morning And said I am going to go shoot somebody today And make myself a target for Al Sharpton and the entire national media. But the first law of human survival is CYA. A young man is dead so anything that that the shooter says has to be taken with a huge grain of salt. He has an incentive to lie. But the fact that he didn’t embellish his report with wild accusations that he was attacked with a machete and nunchucks and concrete dildo and had to shoot to defend his own life makes him believable.
Say what?