Is another revolution inevitable?

[bedstuy]

It's a very stupid question honestly.  An armed revolution in this country is not on the horizon in any way.  But, nobody knows the future and you can say, "who knows?" with respect to anything in the distant future. 

But, drawing a line between Ferguson and a growing trend, that's just silly.  Let's just think about where we've come in the past 20 or so years.  As per wikipedia:

Rodney King Riots:  11,000 arrests
Ferguson Riots:  205 arrests

Rodney King Riots:  2,000 people injured
Ferguson Riots:  6 people injured

Rodney King Riots:  53 people dead
Ferguson Riots:  0 people dead

So, if you look at where we've come since the Rodney King riots, we're moving in the right direction.  Cities are getting safer, racism is slowly but surely going down and the public is on board with a new direction on many policing issues.  We've gone from the hysteria of "just say no" to drug legalization in many parts of the country.  The rhetoric of "tough on crime" and "law and order" which justified mass incarceration is increasingly marginalized. 

And, this idea that we're living increasingly in a police state, that's just nonsense.  Obviously, we still have a large, powerful organization standing in the way of civil liberties in this country named the Republican Party.  But, there's always hope that Republicans will be defeated and we can start to see some positive change again.