Some wounds take a long time to heal. And some never really do. A decade after Michael Brown’s death and the ensuing unrest, Ferguson, Missouri, sadly falls into the latter category. On Friday, the 10-year anniversary of that fateful incident, I shared an article reflecting on the incident and the radio documentary my cohorts at FTRRadio/”Q With a View” and I put together in the months following it.
Friday evening, protesters were back on the streets of Ferguson. The police department gave them room to protest, as you’ll see and hear Police Chief Troy Doyle explain in the video below.
But that wasn’t enough. The crowd became violent and started destroying property. And when the chief sent officers out to start making arrests, one of the protesters charged Officer Travis Brown (no relation to Michael Brown), knocking him backward and causing him to strike…
