At least the author of the piece you posted acknowledged that the first meme to come out of Ferguson was a lie. Too bad he didn't take the next step and realize that all of the assumptions about Ferguson are also lies. Ferguson is not now and has not been for decades a racist city. People of all races have lived together here quite nicely until a stoned, angry, out-of-control bully assaulted a police officer and paid for his actions with his life. Then the lying began.
His friend, Dorian Johnson, lied to the gullible media to create the "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" prevarication. Then portions of my city burned for the first time. The media and professional agitators then accused the police of the shocking sin of wearing riot gear to a riot. In retrospect, the only fair criticism of the PC-restrained police is that their response was not effective enough.
Then came the lie that if we just opened a dialogue everything will work out fine. It was not well reported, but reasonable and well-meaning people discovered that it's not possible to have a civil dialogue with people who are screaming at you and have no interest in hearing your side of the issue. The result of this months-long effort at peaceful dialogue was the November riot.
The people and businesses believed the assurances given by our Governor, "Epic Fail" Nixon, that we would be protected from the violent mob. We believed the assurances given by the peaceful protesters that they would be able to keep their more violent brothers under control. We were lied to and portions of our city burned again.
Then came winter, and only Russians are crazy enough to riot in the snow. The citizens of Ferguson suspected that the warm weather would bring trouble while we were being accused of being the most racist and despicable city in the country. It burned my heart all winter long to hear these lies while I continued to maintain my great relationships with my black, Asian and Hispanic neighbors and frequent their businesses.
At least this article acknowledged that there was a report completely exonerating Officer Wilson and reinforcing that the meme used as the catalyst for this tragedy was untrue. Funny how no-one makes the connection that if there's one lie, there might be others. Using statistics to create distortions and lies, the DOJ recreated the atmosphere of tension that provided for the return of the outside agitators who played such a pivotal role in encouraging the useful idiots to riot once again.
Then the police got shot. At this point in time, no-one truly knows what happened, but the speculations reveal the pitiful level of critical thinking skills that exists in many portions of the American public. Honesty and truth are the only things that will solve this situation, honesty and truth are the thing that will restore the wonderful city of Ferguson to a healthy condition, honesty and truth are things that the Star-Tribune commentator might discover one day if he tries real hard, but as of this article he is not yet there.
Good to get the perspective of someone who lives there.