On Ferguson

[KMD]

Once again, my glorious hometown of St. Louis makes headlines but for a bad reason! 
I've been trying to keep my opinion out of this, but  things have spiraled out of control for the past few months. With last nights decision of the Grand Jury to not indict Darren Wilson, I think this is going down in the history books. I wasn't really surprised at all. I'm of the opinion that police have certain authorities that should be respected, and using lethal force is one of them. Of course, an indictment should be determined case by case. The circumstances are pretty sad though, and its understandable why so many people are upset. Just goes to show that 90 seconds can really change your life

As a local, all that you guys need to know is that St. Louis is an old city with a long history of racial segregation. While Ferguson is a suburb in the county, not actually a part of the "City", its close enough that most people still associate with the city.  The way that St. Louis set up its city limits are actually pretty screwed up and promotes segregation (Only a few cites are planned like this, including Philidelphia). Most of the people in the area live in the County around St. Louis, and North County (Which includes Ferguson and the area around it) is known for being predominantly black and crime ridden. Generally, its an area that white people stay away from.

Heress an overview on the what happened in the case >>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/ferguson-grand-jury-findings/?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost

[BlueCross]

It irritates the hell out of me that so many are quick to justify their (illegal) actions and call it 'protest' and 'racism'.

A bit odd that I have not seen one sentence about the grand jury doing "the right thing."  Are all those protesters calling the member of the grand jury wrong?  Biased?  Stupid?  Those guys/gals spent 100 days and a huge amount of hours going over all the evidence.  Do the guys in the street really know more than someone who has dedicated two months of their life studying only this?

I'm not saying there isn't racism in the US; there is, and it exists big time.  But perhaps if we taught some of these young kids to be less confrontational, they'd be less likely to catch a bullet in the stomach.  If the police are doing you wrong, just suck it up, take the videos to court, and sue their asses.  That outcome is going to be a whole lot better than "you're too much of a pussy to shoot me" syndrome.