You weren't. "Can you please explain a bit more in detail?" would have worked better.

Others gave elements of the story. All in all, a violent crime was commited by a policeman with the victim being a teenager. Maybe on racist grounds (unclear at this point).

There was an attempted cover up with a false testimony by the policemen.

Other kids from the victim's neighborhood started rioting. A video of the events was circulated, causing shock and anger. The riots spread to the whole country.

Every other aspect of the story is politics and therefore biased or most likely ignorant.