It’s funny to think that over the last few days (since the staties showed up) the local police have been the ones living in fear. Once all their scary-long range riot gear was verboten they’re refusing to go anywhere Canfield Dr. in small numbers. Hence the non-response to the looting, and the attempt at a curfew rather than a regular patrol.

I wonder if that feeling has been an under-current of police/community relations for a long time in Ferguson, that the guns where the only things keeping the cops safe.