Does the evidence even matter in the Brown shooting?

quote:

---

if everything points towards the cop not being indicted, expect more and bigger problems.

---

Well that's a given.

quote:

---

does it even matter?

---

to the emotional-irraitonal? no

just like with trayvon. they believe a narrative and that's all they will accept. their self-delusion is that both were murdered without provocation in cold blood

every time one of these memes emerge, you get to see the full display of irrationality and emotional thinking on full display in real time

quote:

---

I don't think the people currently "demonstrating", rioting and looting care much about anything or are going to see things any differently no matter what the evidence shows.

---

they are just trying to engage the cops and pick fights to prove points. the fricking media (CNN in particular) is even doing this

quote:

---

I don't think the people currently "demonstrating", rioting and looting care much about anything or are going to see things any differently no matter what the evidence shows.

---

Agreed, but I don't think it's because of any narrative. Had the police been a little more forthcoming with info from the start, some of the negative sentiment would have been abated. The local police have created their own narrative which has caused a lot of the animosity. At this point, there's no reasonable outcome to this.

quote:

---

If it is shown through ballistics and so forth that is is likely the cops side of the story reported yesterday is true, that he was rushed and shot in self defense, does it even matter?

---

At this point, no. Had they been more forthcoming with information on the investigation, they may have earned the public's trust. But not now.

No.
We aren't a nation of reason,and law anymore.

quote:

---

Does the evidence even matter in the Brown shooting?

---

For outsiders without and agenda, yes...

For people with an agenda, nope...

I am interested to watch how Holder conducts himself later today.

One has to assume that he is going to get the full on briefing and know everything there is to know. Assuming that the St. Louis reporter's tweet about there being 12 official witnesses on record as backing up the cop's version as accurate, does Holder go in front of any microphones and validate the protests after getting said briefing?

If Holder knows that MB's shooting was a clean shooting, does he try and walk back the administration's position of legitimizing the protests or does he stoke the flames?

Yes it matters, but bear in mind this riot is about much more than the Brown shooting. Its been brewing for a while, Brown was just the straw that broke the camel's back.

quote:

---

If it is shown through ballistics and so forth that is is likely the cops side of the story reported yesterday is true, that he was rushed and shot in self defense, does it even matter?

---

The black woman on Cooper360 said basically at this point, no it doesn't matter...the mistrust of government and police is too high to overcome.

thank you journalist! Your hands on this mess

quote:

---

If it is shown through ballistics and so forth that is is likely the cops side of the story reported yesterday is true, that he was rushed and shot in self defense, does it even matter?

Narrative appears to have been set to me. Unarmed black teen shot by white cop. I don't think the people currently "demonstrating", rioting and looting care much about anything or are going to see things any differently no matter what the evidence shows.

---

The facts do not matter. This is being drilled as a racially charged incident by the media. That's what drew the response. That is what will keep this in the news for the forseable future.

quote:

---

Meaning, if everything points towards the cop not being indicted, expect more and bigger problems.

---

This is how some people want it.