Is there a poll about MO people: do they favor the Brown forces or Officer Wilson? Probably divided evenly?
I think the poll would need to be local to the St Louis area and maybe north STL in particular to get evenly divided. And there would naturally be a lot of support for the “gentle giant” on the Illinois side of the river, too. Namely, East STL. Those people are used to bombed out looking buildings and wouldn’t have a problem trashing businesses and neighborhoods in Ferguson.
I grew up 70 mi south of STL and have family all over the state. I am not hearing anyone cohesive with the cause of the thugs in the areas I am familiar with. I think it is safe to say that this “cause” has drawn concentrated support from all over.