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Ferguson legacy becomes key issue in Missouri elections
http://www.kmbc.com/politics/ferguson-legacy-becomes-key-issue-in-missouri-elections/40860230"Their TV ads show images of angry protesters and burning buildings and vehicles. They denounce "lawlessness" and "chaos" while promising to "secure our streets" and "enforce the law."
Absent from the ads is any reference to community complaints after the Brown shooting that police discriminate against black residents. The candidates also show no indication that they believe black students were justified in launching protests over racial issues that toppled the administration of the University of Missouri last year.
In police incidents, "I don't want it to be a fair fight for our police; I want them to be able to show overwhelming force," one of the candidates, former U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway, said in recent debate remarks echoed thematically by her rivals.
The campaign approach appears to be playing well with the mostly white rural and suburban residents who will comprise the majority of voters in the Aug. 2 Republican primary"
