It's Not Just About Michael Brown, but it Would Still Be Outrageous Even if it Were.

Nationwide, Americans are outraged by a St. Louis County grand jury's decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for killing an unarmed teenager named Michael Brown.  Even members of the St. Louis Rams football team have joined protesters by using the now famous "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" hand gesture during this past Sunday's pregame introductions.  Yet an unfortunately large segment of our society still just does not get it.  People and pundits alike continue to complain that protesters have nothing to be upset about because, in their words, Michael Brown was a so-called "thug."  Apparently, in these people's eyes, anyone who may have committed a crime or may have resisted arrest deserves immediate execution without trial or due process, even if unarmed.  Fortunately no legislature in the United States agrees with this heartless and nonsensical point of view, as no state law proscribes the death penalty without trial for the crime of resisting arrest.