Cough, Cough!! Hack, BS!!!
RELEASE THE VIDEO NOW, NOT AFTER REDACTION...
Baloney. Video and other evidence is released, and should be, only after investigation has been largely completed, as with any other criminal investigation.
However, when it is released, they should make raw footage available to hopefully eliminate arguments there has been inappropriate editing. Or to show that such editing HAS occurred.
When these conspiracy theory arguments pop up, I think we should remember that there are tribal mentalities in play on most, though perhaps not all, sides. The club/gang members are going to stand by their “brothers” no matter what, and the cops are going to similarly stand by their “blue brethren.” Similar issues popped up in Ferguson. In that case blue vs. black tribes.
Which means witness testimony by either group should be taken with a grain or two of salt. Uninvolved bystanders are more reliable, being probably unbiased, but even in such circumstances they turn out to be notoriously unreliable if actual objective evidence such as video is also available. People just aren’t good at remembering accurate detail in such stressful and shocking environments.
What concerns me is the casual manner that the police took the lives of 9 individuals and the mass arrests and detentions. this is reminiscent of the roundups of Jews and Hitler's political enemies in Europe in the 30s and early 40s.
Yup. They need time to edit for content.