Maybe Ferguson should just change its name to Pinkerton ...

[eppur_se_muova]

it might improve their reputation at this point.

[uponit7771]

1. Unnn, I like what I see from the towns people... seems more diverse racially than what the media is

... portraying it as and the seem fairly educated going of their varied diction and from what Chris Hayes showed it seems they know how to have a good time.

The cops!?

They're horrible, how in the hell did they get in power!?!?!

[haele]

2. Inertia is what kept the police the way they were.

No matter how the demographics of the town are evolving, most people don't pay attention to who is running for Chief of Police unless there's a serious problem that affects "them". And if there's a culture of "soft racism" or disenfranchisement, it's not going to be a big deal until something that can't be pawned off as a "mistake" or a somehow justifiable "over-reaction" that "a little discipline and a few diversity seminars" will take care of before the majority of the citizens will start looking a little harder at the "boys in blue club" and start talking about changing the culture of local policing.

That's what happened here in the local city and county "policing" forces. It took over 10 years to change the culture after sweeping out the entrenched leadership, and it's still a constant fight to try to keep police forces from getting lazy and just assuming everyone is a suspect.

Haele

[L0oniX]

3. Keystone.

[KamaAina]

4. Or Gaza