Ferguson, Missouri, is the first of our new Sundown towns.
Texas, in particular, has a history with this particular issue. The last sundown towns backed off a bit in a despicably recent year. Let's see. Ah, here's something from the '90s! One of the most memorable instances of that was in 1993, when the federal government tried to change years of racial separation, and brought a handful of black families into Vidor's public housing. In response, the Klan marched in Vidor. Within months, the few black families moved out. And African-Americans were left with a deep impression that still exists today.Vidor also had a reputation as a haven for the Ku Klux Klan. In fact, Jones recalls seeing a Klan rally in Vidor when he was a child. Vidor city officials point that that doesn't mean the rally was filled with Vidor residents. They say the Klan brought members from all over and targeted Vidor for rallies.
It's time for Obama to come off vacation and make a visit. He may not be able to get Congress to get over its lightly-couched racism. However he was a state senator in Illinois -- he knows the turf. He can execute the nation's laws on a rogue police department. If they shoot him, the Secret Service takes out the whole klan.
That would be the biggest mistake any president could possibly ever make in the history of the country. There are more than two sides to this, please for the love of god people realize that. There are violent protesters AND peaceful protestors AND violent police AND peaceful police. The president would be walking into a virtual unknown as to whom he is standing next to. Just ONE violent protester infiltrating a peaceful protest (infiltrate sounds like a spy act, but it really takes about a 5 minute drive and putting your hands in the air with everyone else), and pop pop pop the president is dead. Regardless of whose side you're on of any issues, if an American citizen takes out the president for any reason, we as a country are done. You think the PATRIOT Act is bad, wait until you see the legislation passed after that incident.