DR. AGBAKPAN OLITA IJESU-NOBA BINI EDO MUSIC CIVIL RIGHTS Megan McArdle: "To say the least, the police in Ferguson, Missouri, seem to be in way over their heads. ... Certain facts we've heard over and over about the situation are that the police force is nearly all white, as are the elected officials controlling its town government; the population is almost two-thirds black; and these realities have created a great deal of tension between the police and the black community. What I haven't heard is an explanation -- they're simply taken as natural."