Hey! Riots work!

The comparison I would make to the Michael Brown shooting is the Duke lacrosse phony rape case. In both instances local law enforcement managed the news and in both cases once the stories went national their stories fell apart.The Michael Brown shooting is not complicated. There is no question who was shot and who did the shooting. Interview the witnesses and take the case to the grand jury. It's as simple as that. My bet is the Ferguson Police Department thought the case would just go away as many police killings do.
Chief Thomas Jackson reminds one a bit of Carroll O'Connor's Chief Bill Gillespie in the Heat of the Night television series. He's pleasant, soft spoken, and appears thoughtful but he has been making the defense case for Officer Darren Wilson by giving Wilson's account of the shooting and pawning it off as something that turned up in the investigation. Do not be surprised when he retires early citing some disability that he has endured for years that has suddenly become unbearable.
The simple fact is neither the Ferguson Police Department nor the St. Louis County Police Department has been eager to interview witnesses. As of Wednesday the police had not questioned Brown's friend Dorian Johnson even though his attorney had indicated he would make him available.

Freeman Bosley, Johnson’s attorney, told MSNBC that the police have yet to interview Johnson. Bosley said that he offered the police an opportunity to speak with Johnson, but they declined.
“They didn’t even want to talk to him,” said Bosley, a former mayor of St. Louis. “They don’t want the facts. What they want is to justify what happened … what they are trying to do now is justify what happened instead of trying to point out the wrong. Something is wrong here and that’s what it is.”

If one is to believe this morning's revelation that Brown was involved in a strong arm robbery of a convenience store Johnson should be in jail for his involvement but police don't want to talk to him. The report Jackson released today identifies Mr Brown, who is described as being 6ft 4in and 292 pounds, as one of the robbers.
It says he "grabbed a box of Swisher Sweet cigars" and handed them to a second suspect identified as Mr Brown's friend, Dorian Johnson.
Attention Chief Jackson: Dorian Johnson is that black kid with the dreadlocks frequently seen on television. You should be able to locate this felon without the help of America's Most Wanted.
It is the Ferguson Police Department and Sean Hannity who want to try this case in the media. The rest of the country would be more than happy to let a jury sort this out. Were it not for the rioting and the racial element of the case Officer Wilson wouldn't suffer so much as a reprimand. Police can shoot and kill white people with impunity. Lost in the media firestorm surrounding this case was this item from Dallas on August 11,
"The officer gave loud verbal commands, but the suspect refused to comply," a police statement said. "The suspect moved toward the officer in a manner perceived to be dangerous to the officer. The officer shot the suspect."
The victim was a 26 year old white male. He was shot three times in the chest and once in the arm.
When these case do get to court frequently the officer/shooter walks. Probably the prosecution gives less than its best effort. A grand jury failed to indict one Officer Jose Flores of the El Paso P. D. even after he was captured on surveillance video shooting to death a man in handcuffs. See the video here.
Not that long ago police were known to carry an unregistered gun to plant on shooting victims. Today that's usually unnecessary. The Michael Brown case is the exception. Maybe more people should riot.