(2015) After the grand jury announcement, Ferguson residents set local businesses on fire, but these protests did not stop there. 170 additional cities across the United States became involved in these riots, including Seattle, St, Louis, and New York City. (2015) After many more steps were taken to resolve the protests, on November 29th, Darren Wilson resigned from the Ferguson police department. His lawyer states, “Wilson will never be a police officer again, as he does not want to put other officers at risk due to is presence.” (2015) These outrages happened because Ferguson residents felt as thought Wilson only shot Brown because he was a black male; they believe that Wilson would not have fired if Brown had been a white male. They found Wilson’s acts as racist acts because he was a white officer who not only shot, but also killed a black person. This is called racial dichotomy because we refer to each of them as either “black” or “white”. In my opinion, I do not think Wilson made a racist action; he simply acted in self-defense. There were no acts of crime committed from my understanding of what actually
(2015) After the grand jury announcement, Ferguson residents set local businesses on fire, but these protests did not stop there. 170 additional cities across the United States became involved in these riots, including Seattle, St, Louis, and New York City. (2015) After many more steps were taken to resolve the protests, on November 29th, Darren Wilson resigned from the Ferguson police department. His lawyer states, “Wilson will never be a police officer again, as he does not want to put other officers at risk due to is presence.” (2015) These outrages happened because Ferguson residents felt as thought Wilson only shot Brown because he was a black male; they believe that Wilson would not have fired if Brown had been a white male. They found Wilson’s acts as racist acts because he was a white officer who not only shot, but also killed a black person. This is called racial dichotomy because we refer to each of them as either “black” or “white”. In my opinion, I do not think Wilson made a racist action; he simply acted in self-defense. There were no acts of crime committed from my understanding of what actually