This has nothing to do with the incident that occured, but it has been mentioned on here as well as totally beat to death on the networks about the stark difference in the community and the police force as relates to race.
I decided to do a bit of looking into that....and was lucky as the St Louis Newspaper already did a little bit of research....a few interesting parts of their article..
"About 67 percent of Ferguson’s residents are African-American, but only 7 percent of the city’s commissioned police officers are black.
That lopsided representation, brought to light after a black teen was killed by a white police officer two weeks ago, has city leaders pledging to try harder to improve race relations.
The disparity is common among communities in St. Louis County with significant black populations. Many police departments do not reflect the communities they serve"
"Many reasons for the disparity are given, including difficulty in recruiting black police officers; the lack of interest in policing by minorities; and the changing demographics in North County over the past two decades."
And this fact that the networks do not talk about....I actually had the impression that this problem was years and years and decades old....
"From 1990 to 2010, Ferguson’s African-American population rose by more than 150 percent."
St. Louis County police forces often don't reflect communities : News
Just sharing