Dispatches from Ferguson.
by VanessaVaile
When marginalized = dispoable
A makeshift memorial for another black boy felled by a policeman’s gun.
You don’t know how to write this story. It’s difficult, due mostly to the emotional proximity of it all. You feel everything, and at once. The heaviness of the air, the apathy of the authorities, the grief and frustration of the residents who deserve answers and not nightly tear gassing. When you arrive Friday evening, you note the feeling of relief at the Qwik Trip, where ash and rubble has given way to an outdoor community center. Messages etched in sidewalk chalk conveying support from far-flung places, people healing through laughter and dance. Despite being so blatantly lied to earlier, there is a glimmer of hope that justice will be served. Somehow. Someway.
Later that night, you watch helplessly and in horror, as local law enforcement attack residents again. Friends and family caution you against going back out…
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