Opinions differ, and will continue to differ, about what happened, and is happening, in Ferguson, Missouri.

However, for an example for how respect for the presumption on innocence, at least in racially-charged cases, has eroded in liberal circles, see Yishai Schwartz, “Convicting Darren Wilson Will Be Basically Impossible,” in the “New Republic” at http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119157/darren-wilsons-conviction-will-be-basically-impossible