The reality is that ANY police shooting, of anybody, but particularly a black person, is going to cause a riot unless there is incontrovertible footage showing that the officer was attacked with a deadly weapon and rightfully in fear of their life.
That is just the way things are now.
A few bad apples, and their fellows who have put the ‘blue line’ ahead of common sense and humanity, have changed the rules of the game.
I’m sorry for the good cops, but in the second decade of the 21st century in America, the person with a badge using lethal force is presumed guilty until proved innocent. Trial is by media and mob.
Adapt or die.
I agree, but thus making our world a very unsafe place.
The corollary to that is that the communities the officers are supposed to help are now on their own. No way an officer will risk himself for ungrateful people.
Even with the Brown case we see that isn’t true. Numerous eye witnesses and physical evidence showed that the use of force by the officer was justified but that didn’t matter a bit.