Take heed, black communities everywhere!

[ChisolmTrailDem]

Watch Ferguson show you how it's done.

Ferguson, with the help of Antonio French, will show you how it's done!

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/ferguson-movement-builds-political-engagement

FERGUSON, Missouri – Since not long after Michael Brown’s death at the hands of a white police officer, attention has focused on the racial imbalance in this city’s government. Though two in three residents are black, Ferguson’s leadership is almost entirely white.

But a movement is building to change that. Over the last week, an energetic campaign has taken shape to spur greater political engagement among African-Americans in the area. Nearly two weeks after Brown was shot, that effort to invest in the slow and difficult work of creating political change may now be supplanting the raw anger and outrage that has characterized the mood here until lately.

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Alderman Antonio French, a key figure in Ferguson’s peaceful protests, said he’s already begun collecting information on black voting rates in Ferguson, as part of a major voter registration drive. French said on Twitter he wants to “start registering every black person in Ferguson.”

French said he expects to sign a lease Thursday for a storefront on W. Florissant Ave, which he plans to use as a headquarters for the effort. He also intends to help put together a slate of candidates, and to start grooming young black political leaders. And French said a team of lawyers is examining the city charter in hopes of putting together a campaign to recall Ferguson mayor James Knowles, who many blacks here say is indifferent to their concerns.

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http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/ferguson-movement-builds-political-engagement

I feel an overwhelming urge to go help French with his registration drive. I'm afraid, though, that LEO in Ferguson may have succeeded in removing the right to vote from many Ferguson residents over the years. Hopefully there's enough votes left for them to be successful in bringing into alignment the disparity between the makeup of the population and the makeup of the power structure there.

[wandy]

1. And yet again, the GOP and their various propaganda devices...........

are determined to be part of the problem rather than the solution........

Missouri Republican Party Executive Director Matt Wills denounced voter registration efforts amid continued protests in Ferguson, calling it "disgusting."

http://www.gopusa.com/news/2014/08/20/democrats-set-up-voter-registration-in-front-of-mike-brown-memorial/?subscriber=1

The GOP, their owners and their snake oil sails men have gone far past obstruction.
Vermin with no saving graces.

[fadedrose]

2. Looked up LEO in search

and found a bunch of "Leo's" involved in racial affairs in government agencies, but could not find what the L, E, and O stand for...except that "LEO" is mentioned in articles about racial profiling...

What does it stand for, Chisolm? Thanks.

[Moosepoop]

3. Law Enforcement Officer n/t

[fadedrose]

5. Thank you, too.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

4. Common abbreviation for Law Enforcement Organization. You're welcome! :)