"I can not imagine any reasonable person who saw the video of Brown robbing the shop still cling to their assumption that the cop was the aggressor in this situation"
So a video of him robbing a convenience store suddenly sheds light on what transpired between a cop and Brown in a different instance? From a realistic and legal standpoint, there's truly no way to link how Wilson reacted at the shooting to the convenience store. And whoever's in charge of Ferguson PD's public relations department knew this, so they leaked the video to show why it would be "acceptable" for Wilson to use deadly force.
"Facts mean nothing, race means everything."
Can't disagree with you there from the rioting aspect. Facts = dead person and a police department which didn't follow protocol in at least 7 different issues regarding the case, from gunshot residue protocol to witness interviews. But people should just pipe down. Cops know what's best.