This is a photo from protests in Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown, an unarmed black man, was shot to death by a police officer last week. Yesterday the police in Ferguson announced they wouldn't be releasing the name of the officer who killed Michael Brown. Today, the police in Ferguson asked/told/announced to their citizens that there would be a curfew tonight after dark. As I type this, tear gas is flooding the streets of Ferguson, despite the peaceful nature of the protests.
Every now and again I come across a piece where the writer proclaims we are becoming more and more of a police state every day. I usually scoff.
After the actions of the police department in Ferguson (and the lack of action by Missouri elected officials from the town itself on up to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon), those proclamations are having a little more credence. How can anyone look at that picture and trust their local police would behave any differently? What if it was your unarmed child shot to death? Wouldn't you want answers and not an army trying to prevent your right to them?
Maybe we finally are on our own.
Peace,
emaycee
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