‘Write a check to Darren Wilson’: Supporters of Ferguson cop hawk St. Louis playoff tees

[branford]

57. You earlier encouraged hacking and DDS attacks.

That's not "bringing attention," it's silencing.

Nevertheless, you make a Malcolm and Martin comparison, which I take as a compliment. As is obvious from my comments and my profession as an attorney, I almost always will take the legal and peaceful route to change, and heartily believe that the way of MLK changed far more minds and hearts, particularly over the long-term.

I'm also fully aware that MLK broke some laws. However, unlike in St. Louis, many of the laws themselves at the time were explicitly racist (i.e., Jim Crow) and other were arrests for things like trespassing for entirely peaceful civil disobedience. Time and culture have also changed, and many potential supporters now would be far less tolerant to such tactics.

If we want to change eliminate racism in the criminal justice system, as a matter of strategy, perceptions must change, and violence or serious criminality only reinforces crude racist notions.

As for the suggestion that the players sit-out, if they're willing to take the financial, legal and public relations hit, it would certainly get some attention. However, not only do I believe that there is little to no chance of the players acting as some wish, and therefore making us look weak, much of the attention that would be garnered would be against Brown supporters. To a great many, interference with baseball is truly a "Cardinal" sin.