I’ve been trying to come to terms with Ferguson since it began. The shooting of Michael Browne sparked a response that surprised many people and the counter responses have been equally surprising among certain people, not so much among certain others. Every time I start to write something I find what I intended to say had already been said better elsewhere.  My response, whatever it may have been or will continue to be, is not out of any isolated, singular place. I am part of a community and how that community responds necessarily becomes part of my own response.
There’s a fund for the police officer and his family, which the last time I noticed was mounting to a respectable six-figure level. …