[pvnick]

Indeed, what Brown did would have gotten any of us shot.

[cygx]

It literally took me 5 seconds to find at least one instance where it didn't happen that way:

http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/11/24/white-man-beats-two-c...

Anecdotal evidence and all that, but from a foreigners perspective, it seems America still has to deal with racial bias and a police force that is all too happy to escalate situations.

[andrewchambers]

If anything, that justifies to me why tasers aren't good enough. They had a right to shoot him if he was punching an officer in the head while forcing the officer into a corner.