In recent news, many of you may be familiar with police brutality and racism that still exists within our Law Enforcement, especially in the case of Ferguson, Missouri where Michael Brown, a teenage African American who was killed by 9 bullets shot by Ferguson police. Although many measures have been taken to end the protest that has been ongoing for the past 200 days, members of the peaceful protest claim they will not be satisfied until every individual police officer of the Ferguson Police Department has resigned. Last night around midnight, two officers were shot, one in the shoulder and the other in the face. The shot fired was not from the crowd of protestors but rather an individual that was approxiametly 100 feet away from the officers who were making sure the crowd was settled. Though its obvious to the people of Ferguson that unreasonable violence was the cause of Michael Brown's death, using similar tactics will only add onto the flame that has ignited in the people. There still has not been a suspect identified. The injustice in this situation will continue if further violence is used. The purpose of this event is to raise the question, to what extent are police officers capable of definding themselves before they are considered a criminal? Was discrimination the reason behind the death of Michael Brown? Or was it just a misfortunate event that led to a second equal rights movement? What will it take to end racism?
The link to the CNN post here
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