Quote:If they would have come out earlier with any sort of information that was wrong they would have been blasted.  They had to do an investigation.  The only thing that would have curbed the reaction was saying they were arresting the cop for murder.

 

The autopsy takes time.  The video with the guy talking about what happened didnt come out until yesterday/today.

 

What did you want them to come out and say?  Do you really think the reporter that was arrested was just for the fun of it?  You don't think there was a reason?

 

it's semantics at this point but if they would've at least said he this kid was suspect in a robbery it might have calmed some tensions. The governor telling people that blowing off steam is needed didn't help either. it's just a cluster mess at this point, there's legit grievances that are going to be over looked because of the chaos after wards.

 

Like I said there's no real good options at this point.

 

As for the reporters they where doing their job, reporting on a situation. The police don't want them there recording whats sure to be very harsh attempts to disburse the crowd, while at this point it's needed it doesn't look good for the police after the fact. I'm not a fan of Al Jezera America or Huffington Post but you don't want police cracking down on media.

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