Ferguson, Mo., Is Destroying Public Faith in Government

Well to be fair, this is how modern American police forces operate. We shouldn’t have any faith in them to protect anyone but themselves.

The astonishing absence of oversight from government officials as the local police, armed to the teeth, have effectively laid siege to local protesters, shooting them with rubber bullets and tear gas, arresting reporters, and inflaming the situation in a way that seems likely to lead to more violence.