[fwdude]

Shortly after the incident, I opined (here) that the officers will NOT be found guilty. (And rightly so).

It will by a Pyrrhic victory, then, because if any of these officers are properly exonerated, what we’ve experienced up until now will seem like a picnic on a sunny hillside compared to the violent lawlessness that will be unleashed.

Which begs the fundamental question: is it allowable to condemn obviously innocent defendants, due to exculpatory evidence, to avoid a lawless firestorm?

[joshua c]

In a word, no. Bring it.

[Bullish]

...is it allowable to condemn obviously innocent defendants, due to exculpatory evidence, to avoid a lawless firestorm?

NO! It's absolutely not.