@get, you're a reasonable guy, but the thug element has always been involved, to a HUGE extent. This wasn't a result of some civil rights march gone wrong it was because thugs were shot by the police, rightly so and others, wrongly, saw an opportunity to off load their guilt ridden lives on society

I deliberately didn't follow the Ferguson case.
I didn't think the Mike Brown case was the right one to frame this national discussion around (for reasons that I won't get into now.)