Doesn't sound like the dead guy was a thief - owner of the car showed up and said he was her husband. Just out of jail and driving without a license. Of course, more information will probably become available as this situation develops.
A spokesperson with the NAACP at one point used a police cruiser's loudspeaker system to ask the crowd to at least send any children or teens home so that if the situation escalates they will be safe. He also told the crowd that a vigil being held tonight at the State Capitol at 8:30 in honor of Trayvon Martin would be a better venue to show their frustrations with this incident.
Not a bad tactic to ask people to send the kids away, not just because it helps protect them but also helps defuse the situation. However if people want to take bets on what happens a the State Capitol tonight, have at it ...
I’d like to know what compelled the officer to shoot a seemingly unarmed man. This is quite serious if police are going to shoot unarmed people because they “feel threatened” or some such nonsense.
If you don’t think this matters well, how the H do you think we ended up with warrantless searches and no-knock dynamic entry apprehensions? We wound up with them because no one complained when it was done first in the urban ghettos during the ‘80s’ War on Drugs.
Take heed now before the ‘shoot-when-uncomfortable’ comes to your neighborhood and possibly you.
I like Western civilization and its code of law and am very concerned when due process is ignored. If I was in Little Rock I can tell you right now I would be at the capitol tonight in protest.