The killing of John Crawford by Beavercreek police officers may have been due to heightened police state surrounding the opening of new bus routes just outside of the Walmart store Where he was killed. Watch the video on the page to get an understanding of the tension around the issue and how Beavercreek residents felt threatened. It is easy to understand how Beavereek police had a hypersensivity to a black man in Walmarts with a gun... It was part of the hype to keep the bus routes out of Beavercreek Ohio.
WHIO TV VIDEO AND ONLINE JOURNAL OF BUS STOP DISPUTE
More details of the issue are outlined in the Think progress report from earlier in 2013
Read here Think Progress Bus discrimination
The article that almost predicted the immenet demise of someone the likes of John Crawford here Huff post article Where the poll at the end tells the whole story.
There is a record of Beavercreek City council meetings that also support a sense of fear and a response promised by law enforcement to deal with any issues.