A Former Community Organizer’s View of Ferguson

FrontPage Magazine ^ | August 22, 2014 | Y. Kerry Sara

[Parley Baer]

“many young black people still have a highly adversarial relationship with sources of civil authority and American society.”

I think this hits the nail on the head. They don’t want anyone telling them what to do.

[Scoutmaster]

Brown was living with his grandmother for the summer. During the school year, Brown was living in the Normandy School District.

Ferguson is a wealthy suburb compared to the Normandy School District.

For the 2012-2013 school year, Normandy High School had the second-highest disicpline indicident rate among all schools in Missouri and the highest in Greater St. Louis

[UCANSEE2]

With his grandma.

She is the one who drove past him on the street, just before he got shot. She went to her apartment and was waiting in the parking lot(she says) for him to get there (makes sense).