On Friday, August 15, 2014 10:01:25 AM UTC-6, Richard Henry wrote:

So instead of being gunned down in the street for jaywalking, he is gunned down in the street for stealing $50 of cigars?

No. Gunned down? Technically is suppose you could use that language if you have an agenda that misleads people about the circumstances. More accurately IMO would be to say "shot after attacking a black police officer (using black in the same way "white" would be used were it the case) investigating a suspect fitting the description of a very recent robbery and assault".

The key facts are robbery and assault and attack on a police officer.

I think another key fact would be whether or not the pictures of the criminal in question would match his current look or as in the case of Treyvon Martin were 5-6 years old to portray him much differently than was the real case.