On August 9, 2014, an 18 year old named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. From this event sprang countless protests, all stemming from the fact that Michael Brown was African American and that he was killed by a police officer (Sokhi-Bulley). As the protests progressed, the demonstrations were met by increasing police resistance, bringing a growing sense of rage and conflict against the law enforcement of the town as well as the country. Overall, the community of Ferguson, Missouri, has a major problem of police brutality, likely originating from a sense of deep seeded racism within the force as well as the nation’s society. While this may appear to be a straightforward issue, there are many different angles and opinions on the Ferguson debate coming from a wide variety of sources.
April 29th, 2017, Saturday night. Young 15 year old Jordan Edwards was shot and killed by a police officer while leaving a gathering in Balch Spring, Texas. The cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head. It was reported that the police who shot Jordan, only reacted in such a way because the car that the 15 year old got into was reversing dramatically.
One of the most infamous situations, which was one of the first highly publicized police brutality cases, was the murder of Michael Brown. Brown was an 18-year-old man from Ferguson, Missouri. On August 9, 2014, Brown and a friend were walking on a street when a police officer, Darren Wilson, told the two to get on the sidewalk. After this, a scuffle between Brown and Wilson ensued- the details of this scuffle are still to this day unclear. Three minutes from the time that Officer Wilson confronted the boys, Brown was shot dead (Dodge.)
The black teenager was shotby police after being suspect in a robbery in Ferguson, Missouri early on Saturday, officials said. The black teenager Michael Brown was shot in his chest by police because he was suspected that he wants to escape from robbery in a convenience store. In fact, there was nothing to do with the initial contact between Mr. Brown and the police officer who shot him. Knowing that, Mr. Brown's family reacted upset for what they saw as a police attempted to "justify the execution-style murder".
The media said that the Ferguson police officers drove up to where Brown and a friend were on the 2900 block of Canfield Drive and requested that they keep moving. According to reports ,Brown and the cop began to argue and a shot was fired from the police vehicle and the two men began to flee. Also, the cop left his vehicle and began to pursue them, and then he started firing at least six shots and fatally wounded Brown. The cop who shot him was white and it is unknown why after the argument that the officer went after them and fatally shot Brown. I believe he followed them because he has a problem with Africa-American people.
In the last couple of years a numerous black men have been shot by the police. One of the men that was shot on 9th August 2014 was Michael Brown a African American. Michael stole some cigarettes with a fellow and walked away from the market. Officers were called to the place, they started driving around in the area with the description of the suspect. Was Michael was seen by the officer he was walking on the sidewalk with his friend.
There has been conflicting information about the shooting death of Michael Brown. Police said that Brown was overacting during a confrontation with Wilson, but the witnesses said that Brown was attempting to surrender and was shot without provocation. This details is still in dispute but no matter what if the police is white, or black, he should not shoot an unarmed teenager several shot to death. If it happens to the middle class white person, there would not be protests for justice because of the officer would be punished quickly and would be in jail. It seems like the police department is protecting a murder.
The accounts of how Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager was shot dead by a white police officer, Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri are still unclear. On August 9th, 2014, Brown and his friend, Dorian Johnson left Ferguson Market and Liquor, where surveillance videos later showed the former stealing some cigarillos. Officer Darren Wilson, traveling alone in his squad car, found them walking in the middle of the street on Canfield Drive. He saw that Michael Brown fit the description of a man suspected in a convenience store theft and asked the two men to step across to the sidewalk. The recollection of the events that ensued is disparate and still a source of mystery and confusion.
Eric is not the only person who has been a victim in police brutality, last year there were roughly about 1,152 people killed by police officers and yet the number still keeps increasing. Most of these incidents are caused by misunderstandings or either because of their race, but yet this is an increasing problem we face today. This issue is a hotly debated subject. Some argue that police should and will
Cody Beasley Mrs. Staub 4th Period 24 January 2018 Seeing May Be Believing Every day misconduct occurs between police officers and citizens all over the United States. Michael Brown, an unarmed eighteen-year-old, was shot to death in Ferguson, Missouri, by a police officer.
With this being said, when an officer guns down an unarmed civilian, the media is all over that case. Very rarely does the officers point of view get to be included in the news cast and the main focus is always on the victim’s death. The issue with the media is often the news title. For example, “African American teen shot dead by police in Porterville”. The title of the news articles is usually misleading in order to interest the viewer into watching the news.
The death toll among these police brutality victims is extremely alarming. Every year police in the United States kill hundreds of people—461 in 2013, according to incomplete FBI statistics based on self-reporting from local law enforcement agencies, and more than 1,000 in 2014 according to Champion, which combs through media reports. The fatal shooting in August of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in an interaction that began over jaywalking propelled the issue of police violence and excessive force into the national news cycle. The police response to subsequent protests similarly propelled the issue of militarized police into the national news cycle (Champion,
The article University of Cincinnati officer indicted in shooting death of Samuel Dubose tells the story an unarmed black man shot by a white police officer because of a traffic stop violation. The officer then lied about the circumstances under which Samuel Dubose was shot, and was not even questioned until video evidence proved otherwise. “This raised hard questions about law enforcement use of force and the other role of race in policing.” The government in general, but especially when it comes to
According to “The Washington Post”, Last year 963 African Americans were shot and killed by police. Ever since the 1960s Africans has been fighting for equality; in the Eric Garner case and Michael Brown, it demonstrated how White police officers abuse and misuse their power towards African Americans. Since the increase of police brutality communities has had marches, rallies, and even the Black Lives Matters movements as a response to show that Polices’ abuse of power is unacceptable. The Black Lives Matter movement was created after radical discrimination it is a political movement to inform and protect Black Lives. (Wesley Lowery.
Are Police Racist On April 29, 2017 Jordan Edwards, unarmed, was leaving a house party that was getting “out of hand”. He was fatally shot and killed while in the car leaving with his brother and three other unarmed teenagers. Jordan was considered a great student and he was liked by many of his teachers and classmates. This is just one of the many times police officers have fatally shot someone that was unarmed and just happened to be black.
