On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:33:13 -0700, "Pico Rico"
wrote:

what makes you think that "If it turns out that the police officer was
indeed the victim here and the young man was the aggressor" then the result
will be "lynch mob mentality was defeated"?

It means they can't hang his horse, can't collect coins from his
pockets and can't charge him with loitering after being hanged.

I thought your knew.