Ferguson Fury and Fire (6)

Despite calls from Attorney General Eric Holder for Peaceful Protest as Hallmark for Change, Ferguson, Missouri erupted in violence and destruction upon hearing the court ruling on Monday evening, November 24th 2014.  The ruling was on the following fateful incident:

Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot dead on August 9 by Darren Wilson, a white police officer. Some witnesses say the teenager assaulted the officer at the outset and tried to grab his gun; other witnesses say Wilson was the aggressor. All accounts agree that Brown ran and then turned back ... but to attack or surrender?

Reference: What happened when Michael Brown met Officer Darren Wilson.

I posted the following on Google+ last Friday, at the heels of Thanksgiving and on prophetically Black Friday:

Pleas to get off the streets went unheeded; earlier calls for calm simply fell like lead balloons. 
So what do leaders and residents, like those of Ferguson, truly want for their community?  What are the things that grieve them, disenchant them, infuriate them?  How badly do they want a better life in their community? 

The first question isn't What can they do, but rather What do they need to do, in order to have that kind of life they want?  Then, what can they do and not do, and what assistance, guidance and resources do they need vis-a-vis what they want?  What compromises are leaders and citizens alike willing to make, in order to gain a semblance of a better life?

How willing are they to do what they need to do, in order to get what they want?  What are the pragmatics and challenges of making a better life actually happen for themselves?  How will they sustain their effort in this regard, monitor their progress, and adjust their course as necessary?

These are Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3 of The Core Algorithm.