Politicians are generally beholden to police. One need look no further than what the NYPD did to Bill De Blasio nearly a year ago, after he admitted in public that he had told his son to be wary around cops, to see to the lengths police departments are willing to go to exert authority over a city’s elected leadership.
Just over a week after a video showing a Chicago policeman killing a teenager forced mayor Rahm Emanuel to fire his head of police amidst calls for his own resignation, the city has released dash cam footage of another officer-involved shooting: A 2014 incident that left a 25-year-old man dead.
In a press conference today, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced that he signed an order declaring a state of emergency and implementing a curfew in Ferguson.
