“This not guilty verdict of a police officer who violently killed a citizen is another slap in the face to the black community in St. Louis. And a shot in the heart to the family of the victim,” Missouri State Rep. Michael Butler, D-St. Louis, said in a statement issued Friday morning, adding that the verdict has left him “appalled.”

Too bad Mr. Butler isn't appalled by the actions of the member of the black community who placed numerous citizens, residents and law enforcement officers in harms way.  Don't attack police officers with a deadly weapon (the car) while carrying another deadly weapon and you have virtually a 100% chance of surviving every encounter with law enforcement.  Pretty simple actually. Maybe Mr Butler's oratory "skills" could be put to better use employing the black community to be better members of their community instead of lawless thugs.  Nah, doesn't fit the victim narrative of the progressives . . .