The riots and burning occurred before the police in riot gear showed up. Not after. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/attacked...
> At first, the crowd was quiet, even peaceful, he said. But as night dropped, more began showing up. And cops came, too, with riot gear and assault rifles.
Here's my point. Would YOU have reacted the same way? I would not. Most people would not. Why are people trying to blame the police for their actions?
Interesting fact that just came up. The boy who was killed had robbed a convenience store just minutes before. http://www.stltoday.com/news/multimedia/videos/ferguson-poli...
And now the story takes a turn.
There's no point continuing the conversation with someone willing to mislead.
And so what if he did rob a shop? The penalty for that is arrest, charge, trial, conviction, punishment. Not drag to the back of a police car, shoot him in the head.
If you want people to care about your shit, they need to have some stake in it, some meaningful reason to respect it.