"Hands Up, Don't Shoot is an important understanding of what occurred in Ferguson. The African American community was pushing back and that is powerful. Michael Brown, Jr. is a power person.

"Hands Up, Don't Shoot" is important. The DOJ report does not dismiss abuse of African Americans. The abuse is obvious and arguing the African American community is wrong and inflammatory because the report states Darren Wilson was "Not Guilty" proves nothing. The only thing the DOJ report proves is there is no case against Darren Wilson. That is all it proves. Michael Brown, Jr. should be alive today and in college. There is no doubt in that in my mind.

LEGALLY the DOJ did not have a strong case for whatever reason they didn't, but, that does not mean the city of Ferguson was not full of hate of the minorities that was it's major population. Ferguson is a disgrace to this country. 

The legal episode that lead to the death of Michael Brown, Jr. can only be understood within the context of bigotry and racism within the community. There is no removing his death from the fact this city is one of the worst when it comes to civil rights in this country. 

This country is witnessing bias, discrimination, bigotry and racism on an ever widening field of African Americans. It is real. It exists and the travesty of Ferguson cannot and will not be ignored. 

Michael Brown, Jr. was criticized by many as pushing the store keeper around. What lead to that 'strong arm' moment that snowballed into his death was based in the understanding of life that those with power in the police force and city administration hated them. Michael Brown, Jr. at that point was going to have Cigarillos for whatever reason it was important.

On the other side of this was Darren Wilson that treated Michael Brown, Jr., age 18 years old, as an object to control by brutal force and the ability to kill at any cost.

These words and thoughts are in other entries on this blog. My focus was and is to support the empowerment of African Americans, especially to end the killing of young, unarmed black men. This is a horrible reality of this country. It cannot be denied. 

Darren Wilson did not have to shoot Michael Brown, Jr., but, he did and I don't care what anyone says, Michael Brown, Jr. should be alive today. The entire episode escalated out of control because two young black men were JAYWALKING. I don't think so. Realizing the oppressive law enforcement system that was to support the city's treasury through the court is to realize how those in Ferguson simply took life the way they found it. 

Michael Brown, Jr. didn't have a chance. He didn't escalate the circumstances that caused his death, the escalation was automatic.  

The Black Community in Ferguson was living in a fish bowl. They couldn't get away from the predatory law enforcement. No different than Albuquerque, New Mexico where the homeless were never safe. Their lives were on the line because they were homeless. That should be the complete opposite. They were being killed because they were a victim to capitalism at any cost. 

These cities have structural and institutional hatred for human beings that should be alive today. This is government out of control. There are far too many circumstances pointing to the fact the governments in the USA are out of control and oppressive. From the NSA to the death of James Boyd and the clear hatred and fiscal exploitation of those in Michael Brown, Jr.'s hometown is all too clear.

January 13, 2015
By David Fitzpatrick

Albuquerque, New Mexico (CNN)Two Albuquerque, New Mexico, (click here) police officers will face first-degree murder charges in last year's shooting of a homeless man in the hills above the city, a prosecutor announced Monday.

Keith Sandy and Dominique Perez were ordered to appear at a preliminary hearing, the date of which has not yet been set, said District Attorney Kari Brandenburg of New Mexico's Second Judicial Circuit.

Sandy and Perez are accused of killing James Boyd in March. The 38-year-old homeless man spent the night before his shooting in a shelter, but when the shelter closed for the winter, Boyd tried to camp in the hills above the city, officials said.... 

There is a common denominator in all these cases, the USA has applied military style control to it's people and it has end. This was not my country. This is not my country. My country embraces the needy, the oppressed, the grieved to make life better, not worse.

How did we get here? The real impact of a policing system that begins at the top and works down that have supplied military equipment to our cities and towns. The police training that was used to enforce fiscal profiteering in the governments of our cities. Treating young black men as if they are guilty before they are innocent. The obvious nature of out of control power is everywhere.  

As of today, how many lives have been saved by the sheer power of 'the demonstration.' How many people are talking about how bizarre police actions in the USA have become? How many people see the very dangerous policing that exists killing unarmed young black men? I am appalled at the degree this country has looked the other way allowing the continued killing of these people. This is life and death and it is the American street. I don't think so.