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. . . simmering resentment over Brown's shooting has led to venting at police. "People are just angry and want somebody to take it out on."

Definitely people are using this to stir maximum violence and bloodshed -- no matter the truth of what really happened.

Even under the Obama-Holder Dept. of Just Us and Our People there are unbiased studies of police - citizen cooperation marred only by relatively minor difficulties.

My summary of STUDY FINDS SOME RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN PERCEPTIONS OF POLICE BEHAVIOR DURING CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC

An estimated

62.9 million U.S. residents age 16 or older, or
about 26 percent of the population,
had one or more contacts with police in 2011.

Contact between police and the public

51 percent persons requesting police assistance, while
49 percent police initiated,
- traffic stops or
- street stops.

The majority of persons

believed the police behaved properly
- 93 percent of those requesting police assistance,
- 88 percent of drivers in traffic stops, and
- 71 percent of persons in street stops

thought the police behaved properly during the contact. Less than 5 percent filed a complaint.

Black drivers were more likely than

white and
Hispanic drivers

to be pulled over in a traffic stop; 13%, 10% and 10% respectively.

Less than one percent each

blacks,
whites and
Hispanics

were (equally) likely to be stopped in a street stop. Blacks were less likely than whites and Hispanics to believe the police behaved properly during the encounter.

About

eight in 10 drivers involved in traffic stops and
six in 10 persons involved in street stops

believed they were stopped for a legitimate reason.

For the traffic stops

black drivers,
Hispanic, and
white drivers

67 percent, 74 percent, and 84 percent respectively believed the reason for the stop was legitimate.

When residents and officers are

of the same race or
Hispanic origin,

the residents were more likely to believe

the reason for the stop was legitimate and
that police behaved properly.

About

three percent of drivers in traffic stops and
19 percent of persons involved in street stops
were searched or frisked by police.

The majority of both did not believe the police had a legitimate reason for the search.

White drivers were searched at lower rates than

black and
Hispanic drivers.

About one in eight U.S. residents

requested assistance from police at least once in 2011,
most commonly to report a crime,
suspicious activity or
neighborhood disturbance;
93 percent thought the officers spent an appropriate amount of time with them,
86 percent thought the officers were helpful,
90 percent were likely or more likely to contact the police again for a similar problem.

Police response

91 percent of persons reporting noncrime emergencies and
82 percent of persons reporting crimes or neighborhood disturbances

were satisfied with the police response; and

whites,
blacks and
Hispanics

who reported a crime or neighborhood disturbance thought the police were helpful.

For noncrime emergency

blacks were less likely than
Hispanics and
whites

to think the police were helpful; 83 percent, 96 percent, and 94 percent respectively.

Other findings include―

"In 2011, there were small racial differences in the percentage of drivers who were ticketed. A greater percentage of black (7 percent) and Hispanic (6 percent) drivers were ticketed than white drivers (5 percent).
"About one percent of drivers pulled over in traffic stops had physical force used against them by police. Of these drivers, 55 percent believed the police behaved properly during the stop.
"About six in 10 requests for police assistance involved face-to-face contact with an officer."

"These finding are based on the Police-Public Contact Survey (PPCS), a supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, which asked a nationally representative sample of U.S. residents age 16 or older about experiences with police during the prior 12 months.

"The reports, Police Behavior during Traffic and Street Stops, 2011 (NCJ 242937) and Requests for Police Assistance, 2011 (NCJ 242938), were written by BJS statisticians Lynn Langton and Matthew Durose. The reports, related documents and additional information about the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ statistical publications and programs can be found on the BJS website at http://www.bjs.gov/."

My EMPHASIS ON SURVEY.

People including policemen injured in Ferguson should seriously consider suing the protest organizers and MSM employees using the doctrine of vicarious liability.