Quote Originally Posted by bae View Post
The tricky thing is that the pace of the justice system and the pace of flash-mobs/uprisings are on very different time scales.

As to the virtues of mob rule, well, read some history. It works both ways.

You seem happy that that officer has been thrown to the mob, before the justice process has even had a chance to begin rolling. Madness.
Had the young man had a weapon at any stage of the process, I'd be much more for slowing down and letting the wheels of justice spin. Murder even though there was no weapon - let the Ferguson police face the world's wrath via social media. It's almost as if social media gives back some power to the people.....and forces others into knuckling under to not being above the law. In this particular case, (so far) I'd say social media has been a blessing. A real blessing. Just think of how much tourism revenue will be lost in this country from abroad over the next few months - you'd better believe there will be high level meetings and pressure placed somewhere due to this. Social media definitely helps here also as it makes the world aware of what's going on and then people abroad can decided if they still want to travel to the US for whatever reason. There will be no shortage of video clips for the world to peruse on this one, either. I'm thinking no unsavory fact is going to be easily buried on either side of this equation, for better or worse. Once again, partly due to social media. Rob