On Wednesday night, rage, anguish and disbelief bubbled on the same sidewalks of New York City where a white police officer choked to death Eric Garner, a black man accused of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes.
“If reform was possible in Los Angeles, a sprawling city of more than 3.5 million people, perhaps Ferguson’s 21,000 residents will enjoy a similar transformation much sooner than any of us imagine.”
