Yep, I was wrong on the Mike Brown incident and I was horrified by the aftermath. But I understood then and now what gives the demagogues their power.
I recommend Radley Balko’s more in depth reporting of the “policing for profit” that is particularly noxious in Ferguson and surrounding towns. This laid the tinder and kindling for activists looking to light a fire.
It’s no different than the Sagebrush Rebellion in Nevada, Utah and Eastern Oregon. Government overreach first creates criminals and then it punishes them.
Ya, ‘The Man’ made Mike brown rob that convenience store and assault that police officer. Get a job.