I lived in Kansas City many years, on the other side of Missouri from St. Louis, and visited St. Louis several times, and was not aware that a good-size town of Ferguson was nearby. Now I am aware. It is probably a nice enough place, but I don't think you could get me to go there. Sad though.
Why does someone decide to become a police officer? There are no doubt many reasons, but you have to wonder if maybe those who go through the process and apply don't have subtle reasons that have to do with authority and guns and uniforms and power more than serving the community.
Personally I would find the job demeaning and boring most of the time and a drudge. "A policeman's lot is not a happy one," although that song is about the policeman's sad duty to put an end to the criminal's freedom, that is I am very sure not one of the ordinary cop's concerns.
Some people though want to do it, and again I have to wonder. Especially why one would want to be a white cop in a largely black town.
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