[shortstop]

I could not have said it better myself.

[trisham]

Good article.

[Mr. Jeeves]

The police enforce the laws, the community obeys the law, we get along fine. We speak to the police politely, we comply with their orders, we don’t have a problem.

The specifics of Ferguson aside, I'm not sure Samuel Adams or Thomas Jefferson would appreciate that particular attitude of submission.

The problem in Ferguson isn't that the residents "refuse to submit" to the police, it's that the leading citizens of Ferguson have no moral authority to set the town's standards of behavior by example, which in turn requires entirely too much police interaction to make the place livable.

[The Toll]

Of course King Obama was mad. Someone killed one of the King’s Deer.

[kaehurowing]

He fought the law and the law won.

[yoe]

I am sick of the re-hashing and disgusted with fellow Americans who use the color of their skin to act like spoiled children throwing tantrums.

This last paragraph say it all:

This vilification of police is immoral, dishonest and destructive of society. Nowhere is that more evident than in the reaction to Ferguson. A young man initiated a violent attack against a police officer. He grappled for the officer’s gun. He charged the officer and refused to show his hands. And he died for it. It’s a tragedy. But the truth is clear. He deserved what he got. No matter what color he was.
- by Bob Lonsberry © 2014