Ferguson Local Politics

I want to live in a world where everyone is three years old and has no clue what color a persons skin is.  We just play together and laugh and love one another.  One of us gets a boo-boo we run to get help from a medically trained three year old that applies a kiss and a boo-baid.  If we are hungry we run to the kitchen with our shoes untied and our pants falling off our butts to fix up a bowl of cereal and milk and dream of the toys promised on the back of the box.  We can live in a world full of hugs when we know our friend is hurting and maybe even cry with them to ease the pain.  That isn't reality but Ferguson, Missouri is.

Ferguson, Missouri is in deep pain right now.  The community is stressed out from all the violence from protestors, the police, state police, and now the National Guard "Protection".  My wife and I live just a few miles west of this little town and we have been there many a weekend buying produce at the farmers market.  We love the town.  We love the people.  This small town that has so much potential is being torn apart and it doesn't need to happen.

This pain that the community is feeling can be fixed long term.  It takes the community to heal itself.  My numbers may be wrong but you can tell me the right numbers in the comments below.  Ferguson is a community with a population of 22,000 people and 70% of the people are black.  51 of the 53 police officers are white.  That's 96%.  The Mayor is white.  The city council is 5 white people and 1 black person.  That's 80% representation at the local level for 30% of the people.

Ferguson needs to be organized to get the vote out for their own local leaders.  Ferguson needs a few people in the community that are black to stand up and run for political office.  A business owner, a school teacher, a single mom, a guy that works construction, a lawyer... Whoever.   It is your town.  Who is better at leading it?  The people in charge now or one of your own people? 

Back in the day when the Irish were persecuted for just being here in America we found a way to beat the bastards that were putting us all down.  We elected our own to public office in every capacity possible.  Local, state, and federal offices.  It didn't happen over night but one of our own was Speaker of the House for forty years and we elected President Kennedy.  We elected his little brother, the Liberal Lion Teddy for decades.

Can the racial policing problems in Ferguson be fixed?  Yes it can.  If you elect a black mayor that hires the new Chief of Police.  If you elect a city council that is black that decides and votes on the percentages of police officers that need to be black change can happen.  Some white guys just might lose their jobs as police officers but the community needs to be policed by people that are put there by the people they elected.

Might it be needed to call for a special election in Ferguson?  If the people are not truly represented, then maybe that is a probability.  Either way you need to organize, Ferguson.  Your community needs to elect a new Mayor and a new City Council.  Most of all you NEED TO VOTE!  That is just step one.

This is my protest for the people of Ferguson.  Let's move forward!  Change can only happen if you take the steps needed to make it so.

Papamoka     

Amber Alert Boston July 27 2008

***Originally posted at 5:46PM and changed to be the top post on the site.

Missing From: Boston, MA
Missing Date: 07/27/2008 12:44 AM
Issued for: Massachusetts: Statewide
Contact: If you have information, please contact Boston Police Department, (617) 343-4911

Circumstances: The Boston Police Department has requested an Amber Alert for an abducted child and we need your help. Reigh Rockefeller may be in danger and was last seen at 12:44 PM in Boston in the area of 3 Marlboro Street. The Boston Police need your help to locate Reigh Rockefeller who is described as a white female, seven years of age, with blonde hair, and blue eyes. She is about four feet tall and weighs approximately fifty pounds. She is wearing a pink and white sun dress, red shoes, and dark sunglasses. She may be with Clark Rockefeller who is a white male in his fifties approximately 5'6" , 170 pounds, wearing khacki pants and a blue Izod shirt. They may be travelling in a black SUV, Tahoe or Yukon, with an unknown Massachusetts Red Sox license plate and numerous Red Sox stickers on the rear window.

Missing Child
Name: Reigh Rockefeller
Alias:
Hair Color: Blonde Eye Color: Blue
Skin Color: White Age: 7YO
Height: 4FT Weight: 50LBS
Gender: Female
Description: Wearing a pink/white sundress, red shoes, and dark sunglasses

Suspect
Name: Clark Rockefeller
Alias:
Hair Color: Eye Color:
Skin Color: White Age: 50's
Height: 5FT6 Weight: 170LBS
Gender: Male
Description: Wearing khaki pants, blue Izod shirt

Vehicle Information
Make: Model: Tahoe or Yukon
Color: Black Interior Color:
License State: License Text:
Vehicle Description: Massachusetts Red Sox license plate, numerous Red Sox stickers on the rear window

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