Rand Paul on Ferguson: 'I mostly blame politicians'

Rand Paul on Ferguson: &#039;I mostly blame politicians&#039;

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last updated 8 January 2015

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) wrote an op-ed for Time about the Ferguson grand jury's decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown. He argues that the War on Drugs and the "failure of the War on Poverty" have "created a culture of violence and put police in a nearly impossible situation."

Can some of the disparity be blamed on a higher rate of crime in the black community? Yes, but there is a gnawing feeling that simply being black in a high-crime area increases your risk for a deadly altercation with police.