fires really did they did real damage here, bret. real damage. well, look, this is the thing. the story here according to the world the story of ferguson is a racist police department what has maligned and abused its own community, its own citizens. in fact, when you read the report you see that the real story here is people terrified of neighborhood thugs and therefore afraid to have a better relationship not only with the local police but with all so it s more of a story being victimized, a story of a community being victimized internally than one being victimized by outside forces whether it s municipality or higher state official. and not only that you talk about the ferguson p.d., which obviously has some bad apples in it, you reject the narrative it s just a racist group that needs to be disbanded. this is a second justice department report and this is a real problematic report. basically what they say is the
all so it s more of a story being victimized, a story of a community being victimized internally than one being victimized by outside forces whether it s municipality or higher state official. and not only that you talk about the ferguson p.d., which obviously has some bad apples in it, you reject the narrative it s just a racist group that needs to be disbanded. this is a second justice department report and this is a real problematic report. basically what they say is the ferguson municipality, the city of ferguson is so desperate for money that it is issuing tons of traffic citations minor fines that are abusive that aren t really for the sake of public safety. they re for the sake of raising tax revenues. well hello, this happens all over america as municipalities are increasingly squeezed. in fact there was a report in 2006 from the st. louis federal reserve about how municipalities are doing precisely this. it s not a story of
being victimized, a story of a community being victimized internally than one being victimized by outside forces whether it s municipality or higher state official. and not only that you talk about the ferguson p.d., which obviously has some bad apples in it, you reject the narrative it s just a racist group that needs to be disbanded. this is a second justice department report and this is a real problematic report. basically what they say is the ferguson municipality, the city of ferguson is so desperate for money that it is issuing tons of traffic citations minor fines that are abusive that aren t really for the sake of public safety. they re for the sake of raising tax revenues. well hello, this happens all over america as municipalities are increasingly squeezed. in fact there was a report in 2006 from the st. louis federal reserve about how municipalities are doing precisely this. it s not a story of