Again, another case of media jumping the gun with a story. The result of which, escalates the race baiting, and incites feeling of revenge before all the facts are made public. It could very possibly be that both parties could take some responsibility for the outcome.
I certainly don't know who has the greater responsibility for the result but I think it's obvious the police did not handle it as they should. It seems they were quick to write it off as self defense and, according to the "shoot first and ask questions later" law, did little to nothing.
If there were multiple interviews of potential witnesses, gathering of physical evidence, photographs of the scene, tests on the weapon, powder burns and so forth, I haven't seen much evidence of any reports of that.
It was wrong for out president to get involved with this individual incident and speaking too soon about it. I am sure this type of crime happens daily so why does he select this story to speak out on? That struck me as somewhat biased on his part. JMO.
I think he was forced to respond. The story has been on every TV for sometimes hours at a time. His response was neither excusing or accusing of anyone. He stayed away from taking a firm position on who to blame. Not like the incident in NY where he ended up having a beer on the White House lawn.
