After hundreds of protesters got arrested and there were not too many that showed up yesterday, there has been an increase in support for the police that shot Michael Brown.

Although I have high respect for the police who have to put their life at risk to protect the society and I respect people who have non faltering support for them, we should be cautious about blindly supporting everything they do. In this instance there was definitely an excessive use of deadly force, and this is becoming a commonplace occurence and people have to raise their voice at these things because tomorrow you can be at the receiving end of this excessive force.

Excessive use of deadly force on an unarmed person should never be encouraged or supported. The officer could have easily subdued Brown by shooting him in the legs. There is never a good excuse for needing to kill a person simply because they are belligerent.