Free Republic

In the same vein as those who call terrorists who fly planes into tall buildings “cowards,” Fox’s Bill O’Reilly pled for calm during the terrible Ferguson rioting on the grounds that such violence dishonors the “the legacy of Michael Brown.” Unfortunately for young black men who will be affected by the death of Michael Brown, the Ferguson riots – and the violence that ensued – have become his legacy. Indeed, the prelude to the riots and the disgusting destruction of the livelihoods of many law-abiding small businessmen was—fittingly—Michael Brown’s strong-arm robbery of a cigar store. It was almost Michael Brown’s...