I absolutely needed this.
The whole Ferguson, I don't know what the word is, fiasco is
really a tragedy in so many facets.
The spin has been predictable, with the stereotypical villainy
of the principal actors.
I don't know if Darren Wilson was guilty or not. I do believe most people are fundamentally
good. I believe that includes police
officers and citizens -- black and white, etc.
The story is not about the riots, and the media has failed
in so many ways and continues to do so. The
absence of journalism was best
exemplified by putting a microphone under Michael Brown's mother after the announcement
of the district attorney; and then cite her for stirring up trouble.
Oh, by the bye, speaking about stirring up trouble, civil
disobedience is not rioting, but the media somehow has trouble distinguishing
that difference. In case anyone may be
confused, looting and rioting is not civil disobedience either.
We have a race problem in our country. We are not a color blind society. We are wallowing in denial at the expense of generations
of failure. We pay for that in blood and
capital.
There are questions to be answered here; including a federal
investigation on the case, the district attorney who suddenly acted like a
defense attorney, and a governor who declared a state of emergency a week in
advance of the refusal of indictment, but where were they after the four plus hour
delay of the announcement.
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