From The Intercept:
Critics of the Ferguson rioters and protestors are quick to label them part of an irrational, greedy, criminal element. But such a facile analysis is an insult to the generations long struggle of black Americans. The Ferguson demonstrators are sharp political actors offering a giant “fuck you” to a political and business establishment that long ago told black Americans to fuck off. . .
If anything, Ferguson awakened some of us from the fatuous dream that America had morphed into a racial Shangri-La. Ultimately, what’s important — much more than a few torched buildings and some trifling stolen items — is the reason why people responded in the way they did. Broken lives should always be prioritized over broken windows.