Michael Brown will forever be an alleged shoplifter. And an alleged jaywalker. He will never be convicted of any offense, because an officer of the Ferguson Police Department killed him before he could ever stand trial.

Of course this won’t stop some people from assuming that Michael Brown is guilty of some offense. Cowards, fools, and racists will call Michael Brown a robber, or shoplifter, or “thug,” as if that somehow settles the matter.

The Ferguson chief of police did nothing today to alleviate the tensions that he did so much to create. All he did was make a pathetic effort to deflect criticism off of himself and his department, and onto the person that one of his officers killed. An officer who, let us not forget, had no idea about the suspected robbery or shoplifting.

I’d say that the Ferguson Chief of Police should be ashamed of himself, but I think we’re past that point now don’t you?