I was one of those who willingly accepted the narrative "Hands Up, Don't Shoot!"
Until I saw Michael Brown using his size to intimidate the store owner from whom he shoplifted his cigarillos.
I made a few comments in the diaries on the subject, but felt I was treading murky waters. One commenter suggested that Michael Brown may have suffered racial insults from the storeowner.
I think Capeheart laid it all out.
Yes, it is obvious that the Ferguson PD was fucked beyond belief.
But Michael Brown is not the martyr.