I’m an old codger who attended segregated schools in East Texas and was a Vietnam draftee. When asked about Ferguson and Michael Brown, I said, “I don’t know what happened. There are too many conflicting witnesses; I know that Mr. Wilson was too confrontational. I want to concentrate on my city and my neighborhood, where we have many problems, including trigger happy police.”
I expected a trial for the police who killed Eric Garner, because of the video evidence. I knew that chances of convicting any police officer were very low. It was worse than I expected.
Last year a bear got into a neighbor’s backyard. Police helicopters broadcast a message to stay inside with doors and windows closed. The bear was not shot, it was allowed to escape.