Ferguson episode sparks controversy in student body

For hundreds of years, race has influenced this world in many and powerful ways, such as my recent altercation at Ferguson, Missouri.

Racism is one of the worlds biggest problems in this era because other races think they are at a higher standpoint than others, which is nowhere near right. Michael (Mike) Brown, an African-American teen, randomly walking in the street got shot by, Darren Wilson, a local police officer. Mike just graduated high school and had attended Vatterott College, a technical school, who, had no idea that his life would end in a flash.

As an African-American myself I can emphasize how important it is to have freedom and to understand the impact on racism. The people of Missouri gathered around the QuikTrip convenience store, that was burned and looted. They chanted “What do we want?” “FREEDOM” “When do we want it?” “NOW,” repeatedly to get get across that “us” black people have our First Amendment rights.

The Brown case is just one of several racially charged incidents that have made headlines in recent years.

The Trayvon Martin shooting two years ago is similar to the Brown shooting because they were both black, unarmed and killed walking down the street. Hours before Mike’s shooting, he tried to steal some cigarettes from a store and assaulted the store clerk. Even though he stole and assaulted a person, he shouldn’t have been killed. Wilson shot him because he was a black male walking down the street looking suspicious.

In the previous week, many events have occurred involving the situation with the Brown family and black people in general.

Last week, the Ferguson Police Chief, Thomas Jackson, attempted to apologize, to the Brown family for leaving his body out for 4 hours but the protesters are not satisfied. Even though Jackson said it was from the heart, nobody is going to forgive him for Wilson’s action.

Another significant event including the Ferguson shooting is Obama’s speech toward the Congressional Black Caucus. He said these events are have a negative affect on the nation because the people who need police the most can’t trust them.

Overall, the situation has affected us worldwide. It wasn’t really fair for him to be killed in that fashion because no one deserves to die like that.