I've been keeping one eye on this story as it unfolds and, predictably, escalates.
The press have been having a field day whipping the public and civil liberties groups up into a frenzy with horrendous results.
We've had statements from Brown's parents saying he was "a gentle giant" despite the fact that she kicked him out of the house and he had to live with his grandmother, statements that the police didn't carry out tests on the firearm and let the officer who fired the shots submit it himself as evidence which is against protocol.

It was only 2 years ago that we had similar scenes in London after the shooting of Mark Duggan.


Are the police to blame?
Are the black community to blame?
Is society to blame?

It raises so many questions that I wanted to see what others on here thought as I'm not going anywhere near the Twitter tinder box!