Now, for some of you who don't know about the Mike Brown shooting, here's some facts about it. Mike Brown, an African-American 18 year old, was fatally shot on August 9th, 2014 in Ferguson Missouri. If you're familiar with the Ferguson attacks that spread nation wide, yes, this is what initiated the whole conflict.Mike Brown stole cigarello's from a corner store nearby before he was shot. But, that wasnt what initiated the shooting of the young man. The shots were basically like 12 "warning" shots to Mike Brown who turned to face officer Wilson to surrender. I personally find that disgusting. Yes he stole cigarello's from a corner store, but that does not mean he should get shot 12 times till death when there are actual criminals out there that barely get justice for what they have done. It is unfair.
The picture above is from the show Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. It is so sad yet true how this meme is so relevant to what is going on in our world. These "warning" shots as the police force would call them, are not actually warning shots at all. These poor young black men are being profiled by race and steryotypes. It needs to stop. It is considered racism and somehow they get away with it. That's noty okay. It is so unbelievably cruel and unfair and disgusting to the people who get what they do not deserve. Justice is what they deserve. Mike Brown deserves justice, Trayvon Marting deserves justice as well as every young black man who was shot and killed while being unarmed.
Can you believe that this is the world we live in? Where justice is nothing to a black man, but to a white man, it is a must. It makes me sick to my stomach that justice is not to be served for the lives of these men. We are all equal, whether you like or not. It has nothing to do with money or fame or race or social status. We will all end up the same way.
I hope you all enjoyed this post.
xx until next time xx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Michael_Brown
Awesome blog post Kaylee! I agree that all of these shooting are very unjustified. Some people in authority use it to their advantage. He might have been guilty of stealing cigarettes but it didn't ward to be shot to death over them. There must be some way to wean out the bad apples before they're let loose on society especially in the police department.
ReplyDeleteWow, thank you so much, this is exactly what I've been trying to get across. I'm so glad you understand and share the opinion. I would love to blog about anything you have in mind about this subject so feel free to leave any ideas! :)
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