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The protests are about something much larger than this single incident
They are about people's perception of what they believe to be much larger than a single incident. In reality, it is a single incident being used as cannon fodder, possibly destroying lives based on very little information.
Even if Officer Wilson is acquitted or not even charged, he and his family will almost certainly have to leave the area. They are going to be targeted no matter what the outcome because of some people who don't want to wait to get information, to actually see what is going on, but rather have a knee-jerk reaction to certain events and automatically get defensive. Heck, the very first day, the officer was receiving death threats, had random people on the internet saying he should be shot down or killed or executed with only "shot an unarmed teenager" to go off of. "Unarmed" does not mean "not a danger". It simply means they do not have a weapon.
Now, I realize the following is an opinion piece, but this is pretty much my feelings on this:
Unarmed Man, Six Shots | National Review Online
The outrage is simply not warranted at this time. Might it be warranted in the future if evidence comes to light that the officer was wrong? Yes, particularly if the police were trying to cover something up. However, no one was given any chance to cover anything up. You do not arrest and/or charge an officer with "murder" immediately after they shoot someone. Not without some damn good evidence that they did something wrong. You have to get the information about the incident first. That wasn't even allowed to happen. They are still getting the information even now, and won't likely have it all still for awhile.