At this time of intense state repression and government overreach, we have much to learn from the young leaders of the Ferguson Uprising of 2014-2015. Without formal political experience, those bold organizers and activists forced a spotlight on policing and injustice in Black and brown communities. The body-snatching, gas-lighting, blame, and brutality of militarized police are recognizable to those who were there for the Uprising. Like those scooped up by masked ICE agents toting semiautomatic weapons, the most powerless in Ferguson, meaning those without firearms and with hands in the air, became targets of the state. Optically, the residents of the sleepy suburban city just outside of St. Louis did not stand a chance. That was until they manifested the most effective weapon against gov

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