thinking they need to organize.

He, as a very successful veteran of community change, points out that things are ALREADY organized. Against you.

Your job is to DISORGANIZE what exists, and THEN organize what you want.
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If you leave them intact they will hurt you while you try to organize - so don't skip that step

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This is a small but great example of that. The regular business of the city has been interrupted, and they are having trouble carrying on their regular business.
According to the LA Times, "Wilson has not been seen in public since the shooting -- including at the preliminary hearing in Clayton, Mo., on Monday for a man he arrested in 2013."

Good. Time for more pressure, see if they can do that with a few more things. I hope this is part of their strategy, and not just a coincidence. If it is just a coincidence, I hope the community recognizes it, can use it to their advantage.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/drug-case-dropped-when-darren-wilson-fails-to-show/article_e2c733f5-70cf-58a4-952b-d1047e7ff091.html

It was the sixth low-level drug case connected to Wilson to be dropped in recent weeks, according to information from Ed Magee, spokesman for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert P. McCulloch.

Brooks’ lawyer, Nick Zotos, said Wilson was not under subpoena, and while on administrative leave could not be compelled by the department to appear in court.


St. Louis County Associate Circuit Judge Mary Bruntrager Schroder had given prosecutors until Monday to get Wilson to the grand jury — an alternate path to advance the case to trial. Her order Monday says simply, “State not ready. Cause dismissed for failure to prosecute. State opposed.”

In August, Brooks predicted in a Facebook post, since deleted, that the charges would be dropped. He also claimed that Wilson had beat him while he was handcuffed.


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This may help in the Civil Case, should Brown's family chose to sue Wilson. It might raise credibility issues regarding Wilson.

There should be no such thing as a felony marijuana arrest. The crime is fleecing the public and oppressing them by making a harmless, healing plant illegal.

Not unusual at all for officers on leave to fail to appear for a hearing/trial. If they are not served, they are not compelled. He may not have even known about the date of trial.