Ferguson MO. continued

I see a lot of stuff on face book regarding Ferguson MO. A black Minister, who I feel is keeping things stirred up. A Black Panther that wants war. Different stories are told and per one investigator that is very normal. I do not believe the discord /  protests are doing any good. In fact I think they are hurting the cause of true justice. Can an officer make a mistake in a tense situation? Yes I believe he can. Can an officer in this situation misread an action on the part of Michael Brown? Yes I think so. Was it a malicious killing as so many would have you believe in all these protests? I don't think so. At worst, the officer could have misread some of Mr. Brown's movements and fired when he shouldn't have.  Could Mr. Browns friend and partner be lying about what he saw?  I would more likely to believe he is lying because of the criminal element of these individuals. Even if they find the officer should not have shot when he did, I do not believe it was murder. Perhaps there need to be some action taken for this officer, but I do not believe Michael Brown's hands were in the air. I believe he was facing and possibly walking towards the officer when he was shot. My understanding is officers shoot until the threat stops. This wild west myth of shooting in the leg or arm to disable an attacker only happens in the old west movies and Walker Texas Ranger. Officers try to get control of a situation. If people will respect the officers and follow their commands, stop, hands up, down on the ground, etc. Not much of this would happen. You can explain your situation after the officer has control of the situation. If he puts hand cuffs on you it is for your safety and his. They can be removed when the situation is calm. If we argue and disrespect an officer it is more likely to get out of hand. Let the officers have control, that is what we pay them for. We are continuing to face more and more disrespect towards our public servants. If we want to improve relations between officers and the public, give them respect. They have a difficult job to do, we do not always agree with them. I recall one time I argued with a police officer when he pulled me over. I ran through what I called a yellow light. He said it was red. I said, I couldn't have stopped because of the wet roads when it turned yellow. He said, in that case I was driving to fast for conditions, it was raining. He let me off, but not because I convinced him, I had my young son in the car and he told me he would handle it different if my son wasn't there. I shut up, and even as I think about it today, he was right and I was wrong. I was driving to fast on wet streets and it was still raining. I deserved every ticket I got. The last time I got a ticket, I thanked the officer. Don't get me wrong I hate tickets, but he was doing what I, John Q. Public pay him for. It has made me watch my speed on that stretch of road, not just there but every where I drive, I am watching my speed. Give our officers the respect they deserve and I feel we will have less situations like Ferguson MO. If you live in a community that has a citizens academy that gives you an idea of what the police officers face on a daily basis, I believe you will develop a different attitude towards our police if you go through that class. Most officers are good, sometimes just like any other job, a bad one makes it through. I have heard of it locally where a person with a racist attitude makes it as a police officer for a while, but sooner or later their attitude catches up with them and they are gone. Lets try a different approach with our police and give them respect as civil servants. 1 Peter 2:13-14: "Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment or evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well."  God bless, LVZ.