Police Brutality, And Murder Against The Unarmed Black...

Current Event 5: Ferguson. Alex Newkirk: 12/5/14 All across the nation, in the news the black community has been making their voice heard, in regards to white police brutality, and murder against the unarmed black community. Many of these brutal attacks and flat out murders of unarmed black people haven’t been largely prosecuted, some officers have even been acquitted of any wrong doing or murder. This has led to outrage in the African American community at large. The shooting of an unarmed black teen named Michael Brown caused the racial strain in this country to break. August 9th 2014, Ferguson Missouri, an unarmed black teen Michael Brown was shot, and fatally wounded by a white police officer by the name of Darren Wilson.†¦show more content†¦In Wilsons trial 60 different people were heard for witness testimony. In a regular trial testimony is only heard from. In Officer Wilsons trial case the county prosecutor Robert McCulloch released the information af ter the Grand Jury had made their decision in Officer Wilsons Trial. Missouri law dictates that Grand Jury activity is to be kept a secret; however evidence can be presented in a different trial at a later date. (Buchanan, et. al. 2014) The trial seemed very unfair and slanted in the police man’s favor; even certain state laws were blatantly ignored. In a predominantly African American community this seemed like a huge miscarriage of justice on behalf of the justice system of Missouri. In Ferguson about sixty seven percent of the population is black. The black community also makes up about eighty six of the people that get stopped by the officers. In the Police force, it is predominantly white; there are only 3 black officers on the force at this time. (Simmons 2014) Some witnesses accounts make mention of them Brown with his hands in the air before being shot by Officer Wilson. However, Officer Wilson’s testimony is very different. Officer Wilson testified that he was in his patrol car during August ninth. This is when Brown came up to the squad car and started to assault him by punching him. (McClam 2014) Brown then fought to take the gun from Officer Wilsons hand and pointed it in his hip at one point; it is now that