Ferguson gets 25% of its revenue from traffic tickets. 95% of all Ferguson traffic tickets are issued to Black people. I do not dislike the police as a rule, but there is nothing more infuriating that the SOB who gives you a ticket for making a turn from the wrong lane when there is no traffic and your turn has posed no danger, and after issuing you a ticket that will cost you the price of this month's groceries tells you "Have a nice day!"
Who wants to be told to have a nice day by the jerk who just ruined your day?
I have this feeling that the turnout in Ferguson's next city elections will be much higher.
Apathy is common. When the city elections are held when there are not any other candidates on the ballot, it tends to be pathetic.
I always vote. Always. I always told my students to register and vote. Contrary to what the idiot rightwingers claim, college teachers mostly talk about th subject, in my case this was Spanish pronunciation, grammar and syntax, which is not political. But I did tell them to register and vote. It probably did little good.