Over the weekend, the always fair-minded Charles Barkley gave an interview to Philadelphia's 97.5 fanatic radio where he endorsed the Ferguson grand jury's decision to eschew indicting Officer Darren Wilson in the killing of teenager Michael Brown. 

True to his balanced approach, Barkley began by acknowledging he does not know nearly as much about the case as the grand jury, but he emphasized that the evidence indicates that Officer Darren Wilson acted in self-defense.

"The true story came out from the grand jury testimony," Barkley said.

When host Mike Missanelli tried to corner Barkley into saying the protests over the grand jury's decision signify the black community's intrinsic distrust of the police, Barkley rejected the bait. 

"We have to be really careful with the cops man, because if it wasn’t for the cops we would be living in the Wild, Wild West in our neighborhoods," he said. "We can’t pick out certain incidentals that don’t go our way and act like the cops are all bad."

Barkley also urged people not to jump to conclusions, saying that to do so would be hypocritical and contradictory.

"They don’t jump to conclusions when black people kill each other," he said. "It's like part of everyday life...Black on black crime is an epidemic, nobody gets crazy."

The interview concluded with Barkley fully condemning rioters and looters in Ferguson. 

"There is no excuse for those people to be out there burning down people’s businesses, burning up police cars,” Barkley said. “That serves no purpose whatsoever.”

Listen to the full interview via Mediaite.