Must-Read Jamelle Bouie Article On The Decades-Old Context For Ferguson

ferguson-police-dog

Ferguson protests over Michael Brown won’t end soon: The black community’s anger is rooted in a history of racism.

This longish (well, longer than a blog post) article by Jamelle Bouie, about the long history of official racism in Ferguson, does the most to supply context for the protests (and even the looting) in Ferguson of any article I’ve seen.

Somewhat related: Nobody Knows How Many Americans The Police Kill Each Year | FiveThirtyEight. The fact that we don’t even have an effective system to track deaths caused by police is appalling.

Both links via Obsidian Wings.

This entry posted in In the news, police brutality, Prisons and Justice and Police, Race, racism and related issues. Bookmark the permalink. 

One Response to Must-Read Jamelle Bouie Article On The Decades-Old Context For Ferguson

  1. 1
    Harlequin says:

    Deadspin, of all places, is attempting to compile a list of police shootings from 2011-2013. They’re asking people to take a day and do an in-depth search for news articles; there’s more info at the link.