[Tom Earp]

First off, Brown was taped stealing the cigars. He also was shown that he assaulted the clerk/manager.

A description was put on the radio. When the officwer came upon Brown, he was walking down the middle of the street and was just asked to move to the side walk. Brown refused and attack the officer. Was he shot, yes he was. Did he shoot him in the back and while he was on the ground, no he was not.

By forensics and eye witnesses this was proven.

The Grand Jury deemed the officer was not in the wrong.

Then rioting began. Stores were burned and looted. Police and civilian cars were torched. Lambert airfield trafic was moved to not fly over that area becaus of gun fire!

If nayone knows about juries, if it were not a true bill, it would be thrown out

but it wasn't.

So proof was given and found creditable to not insict the officer!

But instead there was rioting. Now those people who lived thed and worked there are out of jobs. No jobs equals no wages which eqals no money spent in the community. So, who loses? The folks who live there, not the outsiders who come in and stir things up. Maybe some of those businesses will never open again. How does this help that city?

Just a side bar.

Blacks wonder why there are not more blacks on local P D's? Well Kansas City Metro Departments had a job fair for Blacks and Latinos. 17 people showed up amd were put numbered by the officers 3 to 1. Now explain that and make sense of your post first!!!

If proof was there that the shooting was just, then just leave it alone.