Michael Brown Case Study

The Racially Motivated Murder of Michael Brown Over the course of the past four months, there have been four cases of unarmed African American men being murdered at the hands of the police. And, as is to be expected with such a precedent laid out before this specific case, in these past four months none of the officers have been charged, and at most have been placed on administrative leave. With the case of Michael Brown, an unarmed African American teenager of only 18, who was shot six times, and two of those shots being in the head. On August 9th, 2014, Michael Brown was shot six to seven times by a then unnamed officer. Michael Brown and a friend named Dorian Johnson were walking home when they were aggressively approached by said

Officers are seen armed with mounted machine guns, military grade gear, and automatic weapons. Darren Wilson’s name was not released until the 15th of August, nearly a week after the shooting of Michael Brown. It is disclosed that, not surprisingly, he has been put on paid administrative leave and no disciplinary action had been taken against him. Now it is October 22nd, 2014, and Officer Darren Wilson is still on administrative leave and the protests are still ongoing. Even after organized protest and community wide outrage, after eyewitnesses debunking the police department’s reports, the Grand Jury still has not decided to bring an indictment against Darren Wilson. (Climax.)

The event, so extremely recent, is nothing short of tragic and an outrage. It is a glaring example of the state of police forces in our nation and the need for their reform. It is now October 22nd, and the Grand Jury, as well as the Ferguson Police Department, are showing no signs of acknowledging the damage they’ve caused to a community, a nation, and are still refusing to punish an officer, even under the scrutiny of community, an entire nation, these events are proceeding just the same as their predecessors, and perhaps they always will.