Missouri Governor Nixon is deploying the state National Guard, while according to news reports the St. Louis Military Police have drawn up plans to do battle with their taxpayers and of course the cover-up leaks spew without let up. It's hard not to conclude that Missouri state and local law enforcement really need a bloody telegenic riot not only to validate their own racial fantasies but more importantly, to divert attention from Darren Wilson being let off the hook for what any human being with a pulse views as homicide.
The most effective response that the African-American community could possibly make at this ugly moment is to deny Missouri their bloody riot and hit them in an unexpected and more vulnerable body part: The Pocketbook.
Declare Buyless Black Friday leading to a Buyless Black Christmas.
Ask all African-Americans and other citizens who believe in justice, to stay home when the Grand Jury decides not to indict and then stay home through the entire Christmas season. Do not buy anything in Missouri. If the kids can't do without Christmas presents, then buy them in Illinois or Kansas...not Missouri. Or better yet, give presents on MLK day which would leave the Missouri Chamber of Commerce in a total panic.
Plus by not staging a full-blown riot, the African-American community will deprive the blood-thirsty media of hours of breathless commentary, miles of screen crawls and, tragically, end-to-end commercial me$$age$.
IMO it's time to try a different approach.