How not to act in solidarity with Ferguson

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.

Here’s something I do know: one extraordinarily bad way to stand with Ferguson is to show up there, strive to ratchet up tensions with police, tangle with local black leaders about tactics, and insist that the problem at hand is everything everywhere rather than this thing here.