I'm aware of the context. I'm also aware that it's difficult to prove.
I agree there's ample reason for suspicion, but suspicion is not the same as the certainty I see so many people leveling.
I've recently had a reminder of that. Not long ago, in Oakland, a black man was in a car crash on a highway. He was being pursued by police. Something happened, and police shot him. OPD does not have a great reputation, so when they claimed he had been attempting to hijack a car and advanced on police with a gun, they weren't really believed. Protests formed, claiming the man had been unarmed and fleeing police. OPD had killed another black man because they're racist!
It wasn't long before video and more information was released. The man had hijacked a car, crashed it, and was trying to hijack another when police caught up to him. He was armed, and had advanced on the police with a gun. The whole obviously false story was true.
Moral of the story: just because an event seems to fit a narrative doesn't make it so.
