It's mostly because orca whales are so damn intelligent. Generally, most people don't really fret about keeping animals locked up, particularly if they're well treated and fed, and given a reasonably good environment to exist in.

UPDATE: Mike Brown's family have released a statement in response to that confusing Ferguson Police press conference this morning. Via MSNBC:

Letting things calm down a bit before releasing more information wasn't a bad choice at all. If you doubt that people do stupid things when they are upset and everyone around them is upset, you've been burying your head in the sand for all of human history.

I am so, so, so angry so I'm going to apologize in advance for the tone of this post:

Jackson began his statement by referencing a robbery that occurred at a convenience store on Saturday, August 9, the same day Brown was shot. According to Jackson, Wilson was at the scene of a sick call with an ambulance, he received the call about a "strong arm robbery" at a store and then "encountered" Brown.…

Here, let me google that for you:

but there's a lot of people who watch golf at the elite level that don't play golf, unfortunately."

Watching the live feeds, restraint could have been straight saying "good night, protesters!" and walking away. A hundred people standing in the street chanting (for the police storm troopers posted there) did not need to be tear gassed. Holy shit. This all could be ended by the cops seriously investigating the death…

As a black woman, there's a part of me that screams out to those kids and says, "Don't give that cop lip!! He's looking for a reason to shoot you! Just listen to what he says, go home, and talk shit about him with your family. Or he if insists on bothering you while you're compliant, let him take you into custody, let…

Oh well it's going as predicted. America alone will destroy itself. We're getting there one bullet at a time

America has truly turned into a Third World shithole.

It shouldn't matter if it was a gang sign or a peace sign. Digging through this kid's pictures to retroactively make him look guilty and to justify the actions of the police is disgusting. It's a way to spin the narrative and turn him into a "thug" so that they can feel justified by shooting him. But there's no…

Police related homicides happen in every place on earth.

For all you know, he has a juvenile record ten inches thick.

You have no idea what happened. For all you know, he has a juvenile record ten inches thick.

I don't know what nation you're referring to, but here in the US, it is absolutely your right to ignore an unlawful order of the police. The police are not magical demigods who have control over your every action, they are people who are tasked with enforcing a set of laws with a set of legal tactics. Anything outside…

No, you're still not getting it. In a magical world in which police also follow the law and are held accountable when they don't, yes, that would be the way to do it. In a world in which they can freely kill people of color, cooperation is neither a desirable nor wise course of action. It takes a special kind of…

Nah this is worse. Congress has done historically low, Obama is disagreed with on everything even if it contradicts the republican narrative. When has the president made a foreign policy decision that wasn't instantly criticized? Obama is being sued for over reaching in his executive powers yet was then asked to take…

"That said, this isn't the first time I've heard things described like this, and this idea that you can simply ignore even an unjust order from police, rather than stating your objection and being willing to be taken into custody and force your lawyer to sort things out, is simply out of touch with reality."

Excellent piece Greg...wow.