Michael Brown: The Governments Scapegoat

It is shameful to see how easily it was for our congress to be manipulated. As the media pounced on Michael Brown for issues that clearly were not soley his, the congressional committee that is investigating jumped on the bandwagon of blame without apology. Someone needs to be blamed for the lawlessness of New Orleans (though only seven were killed by violence during the week, less than a normal week in one of America's murder capital) and Michael Brown was the easiest target.

Not to mention the govenor of Louisiana and the mayor of New Orleans jumped on the same bandwagon, retreating from their own poor response to their own community. Really, in a city of corruption, to look the other way from the mayor only perpetuates the corruption. Had money gone where it was suppose to before the tragedy, much of the response would have been far better.

The collapse happened on all levels of government and shame on the congressional committee for seeking to retreat from their own responsibility by blaming Brown. Had they voted for financial support for Louisiana's infrastructure the levees may have been properly re-engineered.

Then the media says that when the govenor of Louisiana went before Congress the blame game didn't come up and she didn't respond to Michael Brown's allegations. They made her look like a saint, like she's above it all. Except that it was a different committee! Different context! She was not going before government to defend herself like Brown was asked to but was asking for money. Brown did this years ago but received none and it took a tragedy to open the eyes of congress. Now congress, by blaming one person in the collapse of all the local, state and federal government agencies, is desperately seeking to close their eyes again.