What’s the best way for white Americans to act in solidarity with black Americans protesting the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson?
I don’t claim any fresh insights on this question. Janee Woods has some good ones.
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Militarized policing The history of the warrior cop
In the 19th century, the U.S. adopted a "social peacekeeper" model of policing. Then the Civil War left behind a surplus of firearms.
An army of cops in a community with little reason to trust them
Police overreach has long targeted black Americans. And in Ferguson, cops who don't seem to know what they're doing have massive firepower with which to do it.
A throwback to Birmingham
It's difficult to imagine police responding to white protesters the way they've responded to black protesters in Ferguson, Missouri.