Rand Paul is an idiot. Now the evidence shows the cops were on the right, and thugs will be thugs as always.
I second that emotion. Big Time!
Ferguson is certainly not the event in which to raise the question of a overly militarized police force trend. It can't be separated from the event itself.
I agree Rand is an idiot - but I submit you are conflating several issues and ignoring a few more. Where he was an idiot was on the issue of race. Where he was an idiot was an assumption that Ferguson cops were racist and in the wrong.
He was right to have concerns about the rapidly increasingly militarization of police departments everywhere.
It does appear that the initial action by the Ferguson cops will be exonerated. But the invading army look post facto is disconcerting.
This story is deeply textured and with many cross currents. Those trying to pigeon hole it into neat little boxes are missing most of it.