Now Ferguson may get some real reform

Three days ago (Sunday) I wrote that so far the police and courts in Ferguson were having a tepid response to the scathing Department of Justice investigation report on racial bias in the city police and court system.    

At that point, two police officers and a court clerk who had sent racist emails had resigned or been fired.    That was not enough.  The problems went much deeper than email racist jokes.

Now, three days later, the three most important key figures have resigned:   the Chief of Police, the City Manager, and the Judge of the Municipal Court system.

This should open the way now for new leadership.    It won't bring back Michael Brown, but now maybe his loss of life, and the blatant racism it exposed, will lead to some real reform.

Ralph