Loss of integrity has already started to take a toll in allowing otherwise wacky stories like Mike Brown’s to get legs. But they don’t want to see the connection.
I agree. By their own actions cops have lost the benefit of the doubt from many Americans who traditionally supported them. I am not so cynical that I will not look at evidence, and now don’t believe Wilson did anything criminal, but my initial thought on the Brown shooting was that the cop got beat up and executed the guy for it. Four or Five years ago I would have immediately assumed the cop was in the right but too many recordings of bad behavior followed by “clearings” have changed my mind.