[quote=Luxx]
As far as the police abusing their power, I'm sure they are to some extent. People with power have this uncanny habit of abusing it when given the chance after all. What I want to point out though, are the assumptions everyone makes because they like to take the side of the "victim". First of all, there is no proof whatsoever that completely supports the innocence of Michael Brown, other than opinions, nor is prere evidence that say the cop was in his right. Secondly, this is only a racial issue because people want to make it a racial issue. Everyone just assumes that this cop shot the kid because he was black. Why does race even apply in this situation at all? The story should be " cop shoots teen", not, "cop shoots black teen." Who cares what the color of his skin is? The fact is, this kid ran back at the cop and he felt threatened so he shot. Was he right to shoot? Who knows? Everyone keeps saying that Michael is such a good kid, when in actuality, he has multiple charges of assault and robbery. I can't bring myself to take a side. There's just too much that we don't know. Also, the "peaceful protesting" never started as such. To begin with, it was a ceremony for Michael's death held by the family. Then later that evening they burned down a QT and it escalated from there. The actual protesting started when police came to try and calm things down, seeing as people were looting and throwing bricks off of a highway overpass.
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If Mike was white, he would be alive right now. If you can show me a community up in arms about a white teenage death, be my guest.