Trial by TV



Here's an incredible video which has been released by an alleged 'eyewitness' to the shooting of Michael Brown by the Missouri police.

 Now a full scale campaign is underway to lay the blame at different doors before the facts have even been established and if you ask me, the release of Piaget Crenshaw's video is part of that campaign.

 Because she offers her opinion of what is going though the police officer's mind in the aftermath of the shooting which is something she could not possibly know.

 So why is she speculating in this way?

 The 'eyewitness' also links what she saw with her own eyes to a subsequent autopsy report which is unfortunate because it sounds as if she is tailoring her evidence to suit what she has seen on the TV or read in the newspapers since the original incident occurred. 

 The whole situation is one big mess, but it stems from the widespread possession and use of firearms and the all too obvious problems of policing urban areas in America with officers who are not remotely representative of the majority black communities whom they are there to 'serve and protect'.

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