And apparently this happened - a K9 unit officer took his dog (or let his dog) pee on the Michael Brown memorial the day after the shooting.
Ferguson: Police dog urinated on Michael Brown memorial.
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Subby has it right. "Scary" is the right word.
Scary is the reality. It's fear that virtually every person of color feels when dealing with police at any level, in any city, no matter who you are or what you do. It doesn't matter if you're a famous athlete or PhD in Rocket Science or a working stiff trying to go home. You might be telling your children all of the rules they have to know and follow when dealing with Police; but you know on the inside that given the wrong cops, NONE OF IT WILL MATTER. It won't matter how well you comply or how little you resist. Being black in America means that something like this can happen to you and no one will believe you weren't at fault. Your life can be just taken from you, either literally or figuratively and there is nothing you can do to stop it. The lives of your children, already treated with short worth, can be ripped from them and there is nothing you can do to prevent it.
You might get lucky if there is a dashcam that may or may not be admitted in as evidence. But you know that eyewitnesses won't matter, especially if they're black too. Their word doesn't count for shit. If something goes down you just pray to GOD that you escape that sword of Damocles one more time or that some kind-hearted soul around you is recording the thing on video. You get to carry this around with you all day, every single time you deal with the police. Grow up with that as you try to live a normal life. Try to not react when people tell you that you're just playing the race card, or that you shouldn't hate or despair, or that Cops need protection too, or that the shooting (they won't use the term murder) was bad but the looting is just as bad or worse because it wasn't somehow justified like gunning down an unarmed man.
I can't imagine what it might have been before there were cameras.