FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - As the crow flies the two rallies held Saturday afternoon over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen by a white policeman were about 10 miles (16 km) apart, but the racial divide that separated them made that distance seem infinitely greater.
In Ferguson, a crowd of around 500 people marched under a blistering Missouri August sun to protest the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown two weeks ago by Darren Wilson, on a route that took them almost to within sight of where Brown died.
Meanwhile, supporters gathered at Barney's Sports Pub well south to rally for Wilson, the officer who shot Brown dead. Some 70 people attended at the rally's peak in the dark, low-ceiling bar with dart boards, pool table and an old cigarette machine.
The stark difference between the two events was their racial composition. The crowd at Barney's, which is frequented by police officers and firemen, was entirely white, while the marchers in Ferguson were mostly black.that's peculiar the one's in favor of the cop killer gather in a watering hole getting sloshed and defending the murderer among them and keeping their status quo, while a significant amount of others gather to mourn and discuss how to deal with this decades old problem probably sober since no reports of anyone falling out in the heat.
instead of coming together they go on their separate ways and the beat goes on, until the next death.
wonder how they will handle it if a White person or a White cop, will they bring in state police and guard to protect the Black citizens who would be in dire danger even if they did not do it. after all outside agitators have present and involved before.
