KUDOS to Alderman French & others RUSHING IN to help keep PEACE in FERGUSON last nite

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9. that is absolutely true

. . . there was a great deal of conflict between those who saw the need for direct action/confrontation, and others, like Dr. King, who advocated a confrontational, but a non-violent, peaceful response.

You'll find troublemakers and opportunists, and sometimes outright provocateurs working subversively to incite violence and unrest in many demonstrations like the one in Ferguson (I was a bit of a hothead, myself, in my youth).

You can see from history, though, that what often prevails in the end, are those who eschew violence and work for cooperation and changes with negotiation and dialogue. I do think though, that it does, unfortunately, take violent incidents like we've witnessed to draw necessary folks in and get them to step up and seek those peaceful solutions in the end. Tragic, in many cases, but a truism that we've yet to come to grips with and, in many cases, avoid.