A musing Beam

I have not put much effort into following the Ferguson, MO, crisis.  For anyone remotely connected to U.S. news, though, it jumps in your face. And it should.  As far as I can tell, the majority of the main actors in this farce (that would be funny were it not real) have behaved poorly.  Michael Brown, the "unarmed black man" (as he is unwaveringly described), appears to have been robbing a store shortly before the event. Darren Wilson somehow found himself in a situation where he shot an "unarmed black man" six times, killing him.  This may or may not have been in complete self defense, and it may or may not eventually reveal poor decision making, poor training, or poor execution of protocol.  Having known cops that killed in the line of duty, I suspect (were the whole world not watching) that he would be the first to say that something went wrong here. The rioters who have destroyed property and assaulted civilians and police alike. The protestors who did no