ChrisB":27rsd944 said:
This is a tragic story for all those involved.
But one thing that I find really interesting in this story is the comments section under the newspaper articles and the report that the sheriffs department has been receiving threats. In comparing it to the Michael Brown incident in Missouri and other similar cases that have been in the news the last year or two - In the Brown case statements given by family, friends and the "black community" were all quick to jump to the conclusion that Brown was innocent and the cop basically murdered him and they quickly accused the police department of a cover up. Most people that were more conservative were quick to defend the officer and believe his side of the story. I remember thinking 'how could the black community be so gullible as to believe Brown was innocent?'.
No in Idaho we have a rancher who was shot by police. As of now we don't know why. But it seems the majority of people in rural areas are quick to believe that the rancher was innocent and it was basically a cold blooded murder. And I would guess the majority of people believing this are the same ones that were defending the police in all these other cases. In a way I feel like I need to apologize the black community, because it turns out the white community is much the same - quick to defend their own regardless of evidence. Not that any evidence has been released either way in the Idaho case. But it seems people are already claiming there will be a cover up. It kind of proves that most people will believe what they want regardless of any evidence.
Just find it interesting...
To be fair, it's not apples to apples. There was a lot of known evidence in the other case, that one had to simply ignore to even consider the officer being guilty of anything. In this case, at this point, no one seems to know anything.