WM Colin Flaherty writes about it in his book Film footage of the destruction and violence is bad enough. But what Flaherty has put together shows how the mobs were in charge of Ferguson and had more manpower and firepower than the police. Flaherty wonders if all the talk about the alleged militarization of police led Missouris Democratic Governor Jay Nixon to deliberately let the looting and riots continue without an effective response or challenge. According to this theory, Nixon didnt want the police or National Guard to look like they were overpowering the mob. If so, the media bear some of the blame here, too. As we noted from the beginning of the Michael Brown case, our media had talked incessantly about the militarized police being the problem in Ferguson. But when the riots actually took place, the police were outgunned and outmanned. Its difficult to see how the media could have done a worse job of covering this anti-police violence. If the past is any guide, the media will keep Ferguson smoldering while providing more face time for the agitators. Then they might move on to another case in which they can try to blame police for alleged misconduct. Almost on cue, CNN is now focusing on a pending decision in an incident involving a large black man who died resisting arrest that the media have labeled the chokehold death case in New York City. The issues they wont address include the problem of black violence – specifically black-on-white violence – and drug use and family breakdown in the black community.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:36:21 +0000
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