The article you had us read (the eleven part one) was actually really wrong on a lot of levels. I've been doing a lot of research into Ferguson since it started and here is an image of the notes I took while reading it:
so, I think you'll like this one since it may be a little bit opinionated. The article I picked was actually a video from Group A. It was John Oliver's satirical bit on ferguson, and I think that one hit me hardest. I am a deeply sarcastic person, and addressing things with sarcasm has always helped me to show others just how obscenely unnecessary some things are. He mostly focused on the unnecessary and untrained militarization of the ferguson police system, which is honestly something most people are forgetting. The main reason this conflict has gotten to the point it has are attempts to limit people's rights and intimidate them. Telling them they can't be out past dark, they can't film anything, they can't stand in empty roads unarmed and be black at the same time. These are bad enough in themselves, but intimidating people simultaneously with an enormous presence of tank-like vans, guns pointed at citizens, etc. is certainly not helping the situation. John didn't even touch on the police's tactics to disperse crowds, such as deafening them, blinding them, shooting at them. It seems a little unnecessary. I honestly think we need to have an entirely new system set in place in ferguson with accurate representation of its citizens and the citizens needs in mind.
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