In Which a Sleep Deprived Human Reacts to Fergusen and the Horrific events Occuring There

So covering for an officer who killed a kid? Not cool. Placing the officer who shot him on paid leave? Also not cool. Not cool is a bit of an understatement though, isn't it? What happened in Fergusen is more than a tragedy. Brown's death is part of larger, more distrubing bigger picture.
The incident not only portrays the terrifying militarization of American police officers, but also of the seemingly entirely racially based overreaction by officiers everywhere. This angers me like none other. We've done this before. We've fought this battle TWICE now. Once back in the 1800s and then again in the 1960's. It is astounding to me that we haven't caught on yet.
Another thing, placing Browns murderer on paid leave is a bit of dick move. This guy killed someone and basically the Fergusen police department is saying here let's get you out of the spotlight, dearest officer, and pay you to stay away. A compensated killing.
This is such a disappointing breakdown. Not the protesters, the protesters are doing, exactly what they should be doing. (Except maybe tone down any looting) But the system. Our American justice system. Except it isn't really justice is it? Because it's racial profiling and putting more black men in jail than anyone else and these shootings and then NOT convicting the killer. (Trayvon Martin anyone?) What the US needs right now, in the wake of this horrific event, is a more regulated police force, and an unbiased as possible justice system. Citizens of the United States deserve a government, a system, that honors them as people. Americans, of all races and ethnicities and orientations of every kind, deserve a country that tries it's damndest to stop instances of bias, that tries to legislate and help, not tear down and marginalize.
And maybe I shouldn't be saying this. Maybe this is an issue left to those who suffer through it. But maybe I can say what drives me to keep talking despite being a white girl from the midwest, through Martin Niemöller's famous poem;

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me

I am all sorts of minority here in the United States. I'm an atheist, and a Socialist. I don't conform. I've come to the believe through my expereiences, that I must stand for all minorities and all of the rights of all other peoples. Becuase I don't want to end up like the poem. And nothing really separates us humans, does it? It's all...superficially constructed. 

Therefore, I stand with you Fergusen. I mourn for your murdered chid and the circumstances that you live in. Fight for your rights. Don't let some militarized assholes keep you down. We're with you.

Anonymous - #OpFerguson