How can you possibly argue that we don't know the "full context" when the full context includes the history of policing in the United States, the rampant historical disregard for citizens rights, and the rapid militarization and infiltration (by white supremacist extremeists) of the police?
HN has had tons of comments about police brutality including tons from what I assume is a similar view to your own. For a while it was by far the most-discussed topic on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23624962.
Hence, I wouldn’t know the taste.
I acknowledge the historical precedent but it’s been a long time since such things and I prefer to look at the facts of the situation at hand (as would be done in a court of law) rather than implying conspiratorial motives from history.