{"id":56420,"date":"2014-08-13T12:26:27","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T20:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=56420"},"modified":"2014-08-13T12:26:27","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T20:26:27","slug":"wp-fergusons-riots-can-happen-anywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=56420","title":{"rendered":"WP: &#8216;Ferguson&#8217;s Riots Can Happen Anywhere&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uh no, they would be unlikely to happen in white and oriental areas. <\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/posteverything\/wp\/2014\/08\/13\/what-caused-the-ferguson-riot-exists-in-so-many-other-cities-too\/?hpid=z2\">Washington Post<\/a>: &#8220;SWAT teams and angry protesters clashed in a small St. Louis suburb for a third day Tuesday, following the death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. The eruption of protests and violence has been a long time coming. While I certainly do not condone rioting, examining the conditions surrounding Brown\u2019s death \u2014 and the deaths of several other unarmed black men killed by law enforcement recently \u2014 makes clear that community reactions like those in Ferguson, Mo., are bound to happen. America has continued to isolate poor black people in economically depressed neighborhoods under increasingly oppressive police tactics that breed distrust and hostility.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uh no, they would be unlikely to happen in white and oriental areas. 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