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In reply to the discussion: IN FERGUSON: Police cars, businesses on fire, "much worse than the worst night" in August [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)There are a lot of questions to be asked about why they handled this matter as they did. They could have done much more to foster peace in the community. That's their job -- to bring peace to the community they serve. They did not do that. Regardless of what happened between Wilson and Brown, the police should have done everything they could to bring peace to the community. They failed. When you have the authority and the responsibility as the police did in Ferguson, you have the duty to set aside your own interests and fears and do what is best for the greater good of the community. The police force in Ferguson did not do that. They did not apologize for the death of Brown or bring people together. They did not acknowledge the sorrow, pain and anger of the African-American citizens of Ferguson.
I do not know what happened between Wilson and Brown that day, but I do know that the police force did not act to bring peace to the community after that event. And that is why I hope that the Justice Department investigates the police force in Ferguson.
Still, what is the point in burning and looting your own community? Makes utterly no sense to me.