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Hello and welcome back to discuss our candidates for the“Ted Talk hero of the year” award. Tonight’s special is about a youngman struggling to fight against oppressive and corrupt security and lawenforcement services as an act of redemption for a murdered child. |
Shane Demeyhro grew up on the rougher side of town full ofgang wars, shooting and illegal substances. Still, he decided not to turn onthe way he was raised and was studying at a local university for his doctoratesdegree. On his way to college he heard yelling in the park next to him andbrought his phone out to record to record the horrific acts that were to come. |
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On this video, Shane had captured an adolescent girl beingtasered by local police; she had managed to break free and then as a supposed‘last resort’ the girl was shot in the back nine times. Shane was in utterdespair, standing absolutely still while the policeman made his way towards thegirls body only to handcuff her and resist calling for medical attention. Shanesprinted home and uploaded the gruesome video as to alert all social networkingsights of the misconduct that the law enforcement had used which had later ledto the girl losing her life. |
The video blew up and the media was in an uproar, searchingfor the anonymous poster and the only witness; Shane Demeyhro. Fearing for hislife he decided not to allow the young girls’ last moments be misheard oruntold and so Shane went to all public stations with only his video and hisstatement where he unintentionally became an advocate for all unacknowledgedraces confined by unjust officers and stereotypes alike. |
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He projected his voice to all corners of the world statingthat “he was afraid for his life, but the people need to know”. This was notthis first time a cover up like this had happened, and growing up in a roughneighbourhood people seemed to disappear every day. Lies were told by thepolice department and no matter how much mutiny occurred within the people,their screaming fell on deaf ears. |
Shane was voted for the Ted Talk award because he stood upfor what was right, knowing he couldn’t win against the unfair system andbiased opinions that he department had built up over time against people whocouldn’t help the colour of their skin. Whilst continuing for his doctorscertificate, he spoke out the truth of illegal practices of arrest used oncitizens, disappearances of ordinary people and of the cover ups that thepolice produced on blatant murders. |
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As he had become a massive public speaker for theminorities, it was impossible for the departments to rid of him despite theirdetest for the man. His quotes are being used as propaganda for protests andspeeches alike; “The pigmentation of our skin does not meal we all steal, thatwe’re drug dealers, gangsters or people living off your tax dollars. A minoritywithin us does not equate to all of us, we are just like you, yet we arttreated differently for things that we cannot control?” |
Demeyhro has dealt with racial slurs, unfair treatment andless access to the same benefits that ‘regular’ people have. Despite this hestands up for equality and refuses to turn his back on his education, hisfamily or his people. To this day he stands as an advocate for fair treatmentfor all coloured minorities against the oppressive supremacists; and was highlyvoted as a candidate for Ted Talk’s hero of the year for his bravery, honestyand willpower that demands attention. Thank you for your time. |
