I am neither trying to prove a point nor compare apples and oranges, sciencegeek. The situation in Ferguson is not at all dissimilar to an escalation of hostilities. We have eye witness accounts. We have official documents. Everything is there but we will never know the whole truth. You say yourself Will we ever know everything? Of course not Well, that is the whole point it is those unknowns that are being argued and discussed. As to but we can and do have the ability to figure out more than you seem to give credit to. Well, that sums it up. You can figure out what happened. I can figure out what happened. The 'officials' can figure out what happened. But the figuring out bit is what the opinion is and why they differ so much. I am however intrigued by how you seem to be able to figure out how much credit I can give when you do not even know me. Is that based on scientific fact and research as well?