By Victor Davis Hanson Certainly any time in America that an unarmed suspect is fatally shot by a policeman of the opposite race, there is a need for concern and a quick and full inquiry of the circumstances leading to such a deadly use of force. That said, there is something disturbing about the demagogic efforts to rush to judgment in Ferguson, Mo. While it is understandable to deplore the militarization of the police that might accentuate rising tensions on the street, and to note that a mostly white police force might be less sensitive to a majority African-American populace, there is as yet not much evidence that the antithesis a more relaxed approach to crowd control under the direction of a sensitive African-American law-enforcement official has so far resulted in an end of the street violence or of the looting of stores. Too little police deterrence can be just as dangerous as too much. It is also an American tradition that those under suspicion are considered innocent until the evidence is gathered, sifted, and adjudicated. Instead, the officer in question has more or less been tried and found guilty by those on the street (some of whom are calling for his death) and the media who reports on them. The governor has been particularly demagogic in blasting as character disparagement the logical release of a video showing the deceased minutes before the shooting robbing a store and brutally intimidating a clerk half his size a fact naturally of some relevance in the ensuing disputed events. (Excerpt) Read more: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/385606/revolutionary-justice-victor-davis-hanson Agitators are coming from as far as NYC and are using anarchistic tactics in the town of Ferguson. I don't believe that the majority of the citizens are responsible. It's the outside political forces and the lies coming from Dorian Johnson and black racists that have blown this shooting out of proportion. Who are the true racists here? Those seeking to lynch police officer Darren Wilson doing his job.
