I was receptive to your argument up until you mentioned the "Ferguson effect". The people of Ferguson Missouri were exploited by their policemen years before G

I was receptive to your argument up until you mentioned the "Ferguson effect". The people of Ferguson Missouri were exploited by their policemen years before Garner was killed [1]. The Department of Justice found that the city itself had targeted African Americans, fining them at every turn, and imprisoning them when they couldn't pay. I find it hard to believe that these victims wanted to give their “protectors” even more money. Frankly, pretending the anger isn't real, that it's just a few professional rabble-rousers riling up the woefully ignorant-- is akin to the rhetoric China has weaponized in Hong Kong. It's not honest at all. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_effect [2] https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/doj-finds-ferguson-targeted-african-americans-used-courts-mainly-to-increase-revenue/article_d561d303-1fe5-56b7-b4ca-3a5cc9a75c82.html https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/doj-fin...