Ferguson

November 29, 2014

The death in Ferguson was a tragedy! No matter where you stand on race, guns, law enforcement, etc., someone died.

Responsibility will not be determined in a state court criminal proceeding. The “no indictment” decision resolved that. Stay tuned, though, for a civil suit and, maybe, action in federal court under civil rights laws. Regardless, Michael Brown died, which is why Officer Darren Wilson’s answers to George Stephanopoulos’s questions bother me so much. Officer Wilson told Mr. Stephanopoulos, repeatedly, that there was nothing he would have done differently, and that the killing did not haunt him. Really? If I played a role in someone’s death I cannot imagine not questioning my options and actions forever. Forever!

I’m not discussing the

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