At some point I may have something useful to say about the police slaying of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. But for now, I’d just observe that the tactic being deployed by protesters in Ferguson–approaching police officers in riot gear with their hands over the heads and crying “Don’t Shoot!”–is one of the most effective and sympathetic non-violent protest maneuvers since Selma, or perhaps since Gandhi’s campaigns in India. It’s just brilliant and tragic at the same time.
Ed Kilgore, a contributing editor of the Washington Monthly, is a columnist for New York. More by Ed Kilgore
