re: Michael Brown's uncle responds to officers being shot in Ferguson

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Generally speaking, most Americans lack a decent formal education, and are fairly ignorant of anything outside their small world.

These assholes in Ferguson though, they blame everyone else for problems they've caused.

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On the first part I agree but on the second part I take a more middle path. If you really dig into how Ferguson came to be so damned corrupt and the history of St. Louis, the residents are spot on that they've been fricked over -- not by everyone, mind you but by far too many in their own government and law enforcement. The issue isn't black or white (no pun intended) despite people wanting to pick a side and oversimplify it. St. Louis, Ferguson, and the small cities that make up the greater metro area have deep seeded issues that have been buried for too long. It's absolutely shocking how segregated St. Louis was and remains and how much distrust, tension, and animosity both whites and blacks harbor towards one another. I have studied cities in the Deep South and places like Detroit, Chicago and LA which are fairly notorious for segregation but I've never seen anything close to St. Louis on that count -- their old laws created these little cities which created a segregation that endures to this day. Chicago probably comes closest and Deep South cities look damn close to Shangri-La in comparison.

All sides need to 'come to Jesus' with their past and present so they can move on as a more healthy place. Their problems are too deep seated not to do so IMHO.