That's part of the reason that the outrage in NYC is understandable. It wasn't just a police response; there were a lot of police there for a situation where no violence was involved. They weren't defending any victim; they were defending an unjust tax. That's gestapo.
Cleveland....the older-looking kid was aiming a real looking non lethal weapon at people. Police on edge because of seven murders in two incidences on the east side the day before, police trainee who obviously wasn't vetted riding shotgun. It's a "perfect storm" situation.
What's my point? The protest movement took up the wrong case in Ferguson. In NYC they have a real one, so are they going to drop Ferguson or let it taint the one that seems valid?
I have read that his activities were attracting miscreants to the neighborhood (probably keeping customers for businesses away).
There was a victim in the New York case though. People trying to make an honest living running a store. They get discounted by everyone though it seems.