The Rude Pundit: In Brief: Something Else That's Wrong with Darren Wilson's Story of the Shooting...

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46. You forgot to mention that he backed his car right up next to the two young men and then

opened the car door so as to hit Brown. That was aggressive right there, a challenge to a fight.

OK. So that was just human nature to try to pick a fight by opening the car door after positioning his car so that when opening the door he would hit Brown.

But, police officers are supposed to have more control than to have to pick fights. That is where the underlying problem in this case lies. What is the role of our police forces across the country?

Is it to pick fights, to make bad situations worse, or is it to make peace and to try to diffuse the anger in bad situations.

I watched the Stephanopoulos interview of Wilson. Wilson came across as a mild-mannered but very nervous man. He also came across as a person not at all suited for the police profession and as one whose motive in becoming a police officer was unclear not just to me as a viewer but to him.

If a person enters another profession, say teaching, or the ministry, or law, or medicine or nursing, that person has an ideal, a goal. That person wants to serve others and to create a better community.

I think we get a lot of people becoming police officers who either don't understand the social value and goal of that profession or who lose sight of it very quickly. That is corruption. It will lead to even more serious problems in the future.

Becoming a police officer is accepting a responsible role in society. The social dysfunction we see in Ferguson is partly the result of a police department that does not comprehend its role and function in society. Being a police officer is not just about beating the bad guys up. It should be about promoting harmony and helping to create a community in which there are fewer bad guys.

The Ferguson police department needs to be rebuilt from scratch. Every officer, every person in that police department needs to go find another job. And the city needs to rebuild, starting with a seasoned and peaceful police chief and hiring men and women who will really protect and serve their community.

I think that the concept of policing needs to be reviewed in the US. We are only slightly better than Mexico in this regard. And Mexico is a mess when it comes to some of its police forces.