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These types of things are so disturbing to me. From what I understand (what we've been told) about the case, I don't think the officer had justification to shoot this young man. I can understand that the community would be really angry and upset about that.
I don't understand the looting/rioting mentality and I kind of wish I'd studied it more when I was working in mental health. I don't understand how setting fires or stealing from local businesses helps anything. I do understand why the police reacted the way they did during the initial protests because we've seen the same scene before. Do people not remember Rodney King? The riots of '67 ruined the city of Detroit and it is still trying to recover from them.
So, the police tried to give protesters space because the protesters said it was the police in riot gear that made people act violently. And yet there was still rioting.
All of the side shows here must be slowing down the police's ability to really get this investigation done and take appropriate actions because so many of their resources are focused on the community and the media.
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