Matthew J. Troy Jr., 44. An energetic New York City councilman, Troy is also leader of the state's second largest Democratic county organization. His election to the Queens County post in 1971 elicited congratulatory phone calls from a gaggle of presidential hopefuls. Although he opposes busing and led a pro-Viet Nam parade in 1965, the unpredictable Troy endorsed George McGovern In 1972probably just to stymie the ambitions of his bete noire, John Lindsay. A Fordham-educated lawyer who has proved expert at traditional back-room gambits, he is the son of a retired local judge who was, he says, "very independent and a pain to everybody so I guess we're alike."
De graves émeutes raciales avaient secoué Ferguson. Venu immédiatement après pour rassurer une communauté noire blessée, le ministre de la Justice Eric Holder avait alors dit comprendre, en tant qu'"homme noir", "la méfiance et la suspicion mutuelle" régnant entre policiers et Afro-Américains.