I Believe I've Figured Out the Corrupt Chief of Ferguson Police's Strategy.

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90. Here's my take on those so far:

As it pertains to this particular case (robbery, shooting & riots):

Use of excessive force. - he suspended the officer who may have done that to Brown & within hours, he gave control to the St Louis country police for the riots and the investigation of the shooting
Racism. - I have not seen him guilty of that in this case yet
Violation of civil rights. - I have not seen him guilty of that in this case yet
Illegal arrests. - all I've seen is him turn loose people who were illegally arrested by other officers but in fairness to him, he gave control to the St Louis country police for the riots
Abuse of power. - I have not seen him guilty of that in this case yet
Falsifying evidence. - I have not seen him guilty of that in this case yet
Perjury. - I have not seen him guilty of that in this case yet and there have not been any official proceedings required for perjury related to this case yet
Corruption. - I have not seen him guilty of that in this case yet

I'm not saying those things are impossible to be true. Maybe I've missed something but I honestly just haven't seen anything that soundly justifies those allegations against the Ferguson Police Chief yet.

Having said that, he is chief over a very predominantly white police force who police over citizens who are predominantly black. Should we question the civil rights seemingly violated with his hiring practices? You bet.

Why are the officers who did this:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/15/the-day-ferguson-cops-were-caught-in-a-bloody-lie.html
still employed as Ferguson Police officers?
The injustice still continues as the officers were granted "official immunity":
http://diasforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/henry_m_davis_vs_city_of_ferguson_excessive_force2.pdf
Makes my head spin.

I could go on and on.

If you're a 300 lb guy like Mike Brown and you see police doing stuff to your friends and neighbors like they did to Henry Davis and getting away with it, you can be easily provoked into taking matters into your own hands because you're big enough to do something about it - standing up for people you care about.

In fairness, I'm sure there's another side to some of these stories.

But on that front, there is clearly a significant problem in Ferguson with their police - some of it apparently racial. Since all this crap was happening on Chief Jackson's watch, he and his minions simply need to go. They need someone the community seems to respect like Captain Ron Johnson to come in to clean house and bring law and order that respects civil rights to a festering situation that threatens to spiral out of control to harm more good people.