Quote Originally Posted by iris lily View Post
"Citizenship viable for the long term" -- whatever does that mean?

Keep in mind that Ferguson isn't conducting the homicide investigation. I'm not sure what the Ferguson Police dept would normally document when they've turned over the investigation, including the crime scene, to another organization. They have little to report. Something happened on Canfied Dr on August 9th, that's the extent of their report.

St. Louis County police took over the crime scene. Remember the scene that was secured while investigation took place? The scene that you complained bout? That was measured, photographed, completely examined for bullet casing and many other factors, and it was all documented. The documented facts exists in the St. Louis County prosecutor's office.

But the ACLU knows this, they are just blowing smoke to get people like you riled up.
IL, what I meant was, if the police are going to be treating everyday people as automatic enemies - witness the police militarization in Ferguson and around the US - is it worthwhile to stay here in the US given how short life is - would not most people be better off elsewhere? America is coming to the point where this unpleasant question needs to be addressed IMHO.

Getting back to Ferguson, though - it's not hard to get riled up given the visuals of police militarization and excessive force used in arrests - such as with the two journalists who were the first journalists to be arrested - and with the teargas episodes. Perhaps we don't know all the facts yet - I will grant that - but the visuals of excessive force and militarization will never go away for me as long as I live. That's permanent. And these images that have went viral across the world of the police militarization and excessive force - that international reputation damage is not going away any time soon, either. Rob