It was a mistake anybody could make, right? So Jeffrey Williams, the 20-year-old man under arrest in St. Louis and charged in the shooting of two police officers in Ferguson early last Thursday, is apparently claiming that he was aiming not at the officers, but at someone else. Well, that changes everything, doesn’t it?  I mean, if that's the case, the authorities should be a lot more understanding.  The guy was just doing what he had to do, right?  The cops were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.  It was just a simple mistake on Williams's part, the kind that anybody could make.  And for the cops, it was clearly a case of "workplace violence." Besides, the speculation that the cops were deliberately shot by someone who was protesting in Ferguson unfairly impugns the character of Mr. Williams and of the throngs of folks who were out there protesting.  They’re all peaceful folks, none of whom ever wished...(Read Full Post)