By: Ryan J. Reilly and Amanda Terkel
Source: Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/24/ferguson-mike-brown_n_5697855.html
Over the past two weeks, the St.
Louis suburb of Ferguson, Minnesota has evolved. Every night, hundreds of
people are seen marching, demanding justice. It has begun to develop into a
daily routine where after work residents go to the protests until the sun sets,
or until police intervene, making arrests and sending everyone else home.
Volunteers clean up the mess in the morning to prepare for another protest to
occur night. Lately, the protests have been peaceful and non-violent.
Participants have been speaking their minds about how they are hoping that
something more will come out of Mike Brown’s death. The African-American
majority wants more representation in the mostly white city government and
police force. The city of Ferguson stated they would “take measures to make the
community ‘feel more connected’” (1). Police have significantly reduced their
presence at the protests. Residents still have doubts in the city, mainly
because Wilson has not yet been charged and there has been no immediate
justice. St. Louis Alderman Antonio French has said that if the grand jury
decides not to charge Wilson, he worries about their city and other cities.
Almost all protestors have decided that they will not stop until justice is
served. When an idea was brought up to stop protests for fourteen days, one man
mumbled he “ain’t pausing for fourteen minutes.” (1)
It is
essential that the audience read this article because this issue is bigger than the death of Mike Brown. Racial profiling happens every day all over the
country, and it has taken the death of another harmless young man for people to
realize and take action. A similar situation occurred in the case of Trayvon
Martin in 2012, but the problem of racial injustice is prevalent to this
day. The audience must be informed of these issues so that they, too, can take
action in pursuing what is just.
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