Research Project: Michael Brown
As a matter of fact, about 2,500 unarmed people had been killed in the past 2 years and 331 African American this year have been killed already by police brutality. Michael Brown was the unarmed innocent teen who was shot and killed on August 9, 2014 by Darren Wilson a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri that made nationwide news. Some important background information to know about the Michael Brown case are words like police brutality, black lives matter, and people Michael Brown and Darren Wilson. Police brutality is acts of violence committed by police. Black Lives Matter is a racial justice group that was made after Michael Brown had died. Michael Brown was the innocent teen who has died because of …show more content…
During this time police are stereotyped for people who would not hurt someone unless somebody they tried to hurt somebody or they have a weapon. In this case police officers are people who kill unarmed because they feel threatened by somebody's size. A piece of evidence for this statement is a quote from Darren Wilson the police officer who killed Michael Brown from (Tension in Ferguson, Missouri by Historic Events), "I just did my job," he said. Wilson denied that racial animosity or anger motivated his actions toward Brown. "There was no time for anger. Training took over. It was survival mode," he said. Wilson further explained his fear of being overpowered by Brown: "He was very large, very powerful man." These social laws make it seem like it is okay for a police officers to kill somebody because they felt like they were in danger even though they were unarmed. Another quote to support this is comes from Sheriff Ron Hickman from the article (Police Shootings against Black Community Members Draw Criticism and Legal Action against Law Enforcement,by Historic Events)“Sheriff Ron Hickman of Harris County, Texas, lost one of his deputies, Darren Goforth, in a shooting in Houston. He said of the man arrested in connection with the shooting, "Our assumption is that he [Goforth] was a target because he wore a uniform. …show more content…
What you do one day could affect somebody another day. An example of this would be how when Darren Wilson killed Brown his friend, Dorian Johnson, watched him get murdered in cold blood. “But at that time, the officer firing several more shots into my friend, and he hit the ground and died. We wasn't committing any crime, bringing no harm to nobody, but my friend was murdered in cold blood," he told KMOV( What We Know About Michael Brown’s Shooting) Even though this incident happened about 3 years ago, people are still struggling with what had happened to Michael Brown. “Things have changed, a lot,” said David Whitt, who lives near where Brown was killed. But the issue remains that somebody was killed by police, and people say, "We haven’t got justice,” he said.(A year after shooting, Ferguson inches toward new reality) But, at the same time we are slowly coming together to become equal and less aggressive with each other and the town that has been affected is slowly getting better. “We are making progress,” said Jerryl Christmas, a lawyer who represents several activists arrested during demonstrations in Ferguson. “A lot of issues have been raised and a lot of conversation is going on, but we still need more action.” (A year
As a matter of fact, about 2,500 unarmed people had been killed in the past 2 years and 331 African American this year have been killed already by police brutality. Michael Brown was the unarmed innocent teen who was shot and killed on August 9, 2014 by Darren Wilson a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri that made nationwide news. Some important background information to know about the Michael Brown case are words like police brutality, black lives matter, and people Michael Brown and Darren Wilson. Police brutality is acts of violence committed by police. Black Lives Matter is a racial justice group that was made after Michael Brown had died. Michael Brown was the innocent teen who has died because of …show more content…
During this time police are stereotyped for people who would not hurt someone unless somebody they tried to hurt somebody or they have a weapon. In this case police officers are people who kill unarmed because they feel threatened by somebody's size. A piece of evidence for this statement is a quote from Darren Wilson the police officer who killed Michael Brown from (Tension in Ferguson, Missouri by Historic Events), "I just did my job," he said. Wilson denied that racial animosity or anger motivated his actions toward Brown. "There was no time for anger. Training took over. It was survival mode," he said. Wilson further explained his fear of being overpowered by Brown: "He was very large, very powerful man." These social laws make it seem like it is okay for a police officers to kill somebody because they felt like they were in danger even though they were unarmed. Another quote to support this is comes from Sheriff Ron Hickman from the article (Police Shootings against Black Community Members Draw Criticism and Legal Action against Law Enforcement,by Historic Events)“Sheriff Ron Hickman of Harris County, Texas, lost one of his deputies, Darren Goforth, in a shooting in Houston. He said of the man arrested in connection with the shooting, "Our assumption is that he [Goforth] was a target because he wore a uniform. …show more content…
What you do one day could affect somebody another day. An example of this would be how when Darren Wilson killed Brown his friend, Dorian Johnson, watched him get murdered in cold blood. “But at that time, the officer firing several more shots into my friend, and he hit the ground and died. We wasn't committing any crime, bringing no harm to nobody, but my friend was murdered in cold blood," he told KMOV( What We Know About Michael Brown’s Shooting) Even though this incident happened about 3 years ago, people are still struggling with what had happened to Michael Brown. “Things have changed, a lot,” said David Whitt, who lives near where Brown was killed. But the issue remains that somebody was killed by police, and people say, "We haven’t got justice,” he said.(A year after shooting, Ferguson inches toward new reality) But, at the same time we are slowly coming together to become equal and less aggressive with each other and the town that has been affected is slowly getting better. “We are making progress,” said Jerryl Christmas, a lawyer who represents several activists arrested during demonstrations in Ferguson. “A lot of issues have been raised and a lot of conversation is going on, but we still need more action.” (A year