First, I agree with our system of justice that produces outcomes like this one, and the George Zimmerman acquittal. It is a system of justice predicated on the notion that it is better for 1,000 guilty people to go free than for one innocent person to be wrongly convicted. I happen to think we’ve got that right.
Caveat: the justice system works just fine if you are affluent, and perfect if you are affluent and white. If you’re a minority, or poor? Not so much. If you’re a minority and poor? Not at all.
Second: To me the larger issue is that police forces in the US are becoming quasi-military units. I think the greater implications of that are going to be horrific, and we’ve only just seen the tip of the iceberg. As we continue to arm our police with more options to use deadly force, we’re going to see more examples of that deadly force being used inappropriately: mentally impaired 90 lb. teenager with a screwdriver shot and killed when he was already restrained is another recent one that comes to mind. I think one of the great aspects of a democracy is having a CIVILIAN police force, but I see that becoming a thing a of the past.
Lastly, I also see a citizenry living in fear, with media constantly stoking that fear, and the result is to willingly give up our rights, ie, accepting stop and frisk programs, complacency over NSA eavesdropping.
So, technically, I “agree” with the acquittal. But I find the circumstances that led up to it and surrounding it to be extremely troubling, and likely to produce more results like this one.