They were
Follow the events
> Kyuubi attack
> Uchiha acused without proof other than the fact a sharingan could control the kyuubi
> Uchiha ended up closed off in a district to further observation
> Revolution sparks among the clan thanks to Konoha's harsh treatment
Harsh treatment? They were given police power and given the opportunity to show to the world that they really weren't a bunch of blood thirst tyrants like the other clans thought of them. They had the perfect opportunity to place the good the village above their own ambitions, well also clearing their name.
Fact: Only an Uchiha could control the 9 tails the way it was, which is exactly what happened with Obito.
Fact: The other villagers feared the Uchiha were trying to start a coup and take power once again, like their ideal Madara Uchiha had a few generations prior.
Fact: The Third not wanting to risk blood shed towards the Uchiha or a civil war choose to diplomatically turn the heat down, and give the Uchiha the opportunity to prove the goodness that HE believed was in them. He gave them police power and allowed them to show to the world that they weren't traitors, instead of simply turning the full might of the village against them.
Fact: Because of their stupid pride later retconned to ahem love the Uchiha choose to prove the worst fears of the others clans as a fact, and instead of striving for peace took up arms with the intention of dragging the entire village into a civil war and put the Uchiha clan on the top of the hierarchical order again because they believed they deserved to be the most powerful.
Fact: One of their own, in fact canon wise the only selfless Uchiha in the story, Itachi, choose the greater good over blind pride and executes his own people so the civil war would never happen and therefor the majority of innocent people would not be caught up in a selfish political power struggle.
Fact: Sasuke was spared by Itachi because A. He loved him, and B. He believed that Sasuke would redeem to the world that the Uchiha weren't blood thirsty selfish terrorist who put their wants above others. Which is also why Itachi choose to play the role of a criminal. He wanted to free Sasuke from the taint of his parents generation and show the world that the Uchiha weren't blood thirst monsters... but in the end.....
Fact: As soon as Sasuke didn't get his way, he abandoned the village and became a terrorist, and eventually tried to take over the entire world with himself as a iron fisted dictator, who controlled the free will of every man, woman, and child on the planet. Just like Madara Uchiha.
Who started the rebellion against the leaf instead of prove themselves to the other clans? The Uchiha. Why? Because they were too good to be simple police men and women, they deserved better. Who choose war instead of peace? The Uchiha. Who betrayed the village? The Uchiha. Who caused their own destruction because they put their own pride above other people, and thought they were better then them? The Uchiha. Nothing would have happened to them had they simply worked to prove themselves to the rest of the village that they had no interest in taking power away from the Hokages... instead of doing that though the decided to start a coup and try to take power away from the hokages.
Innocent? Hardly. Guilty as charged. The verdict: Death.
Edited by Tiller, 10 April 2015 - 12:53 AM.
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Persona 5 hype 
. Heck Naruto was easily able to judge all of the Villains and stand up to them for their kitten but when its Sasuke there were always some excuses it wasn't his fault bc Kikitten couldn't let the pretty boy bare the consequences of his actions 
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