Equality, Freedom And Michael Brown's Equality And Freedom

Equality and Freedom The Ferguson vs. Missouri caught the attention of U.S. It was all over the social media, to be exact Twitter. After the fatal shooting of an unarmed African-American, Michael Brown, there was a peaceful protest for the incident. According to McGraw-Hill dictionary of American Idioms “step up” means to increase on something. The peaceful protest was a step up for Brown’s supporters. David Banner, a rapper, tweeted “The men and women on the front line have done their jobs. It’s time for teachers, politicians, and the elite to step up.” The local community stepped up in the case of Brown by peacefully protesting but later became a tragic event of looting and destroying property. It was the alleged reason that caused the

Stepping up to the incident of Brown’s death and handling the tensions that occurred. The tensions rise then, violence came. The local police force was not enough to handle the situation. Martial law was brought up. The police sent S.W.A.T. to enforce. The local area was in Martial law. According to Newsweek, with the Martial law active, the National Guards were there to protect them and minimize violence. The S.W.A.T. also used tear gas and they were armed like the military. There were a lot of casualties, some of them are not involved in the looting and damaging property. People, witnesses of the tragic and violent event, described it like they were in a war zone. Even though there are ways that the police handles the situation and National Guards to lessen the harm to the citizens; there are still many who were victimized by the harsh situation. Politicians must concern themselves to minimize these casualties. The community claims that the used too much force. The politician may also cut the budget of police-militarization and use the budget on more proficient way. Budgets and funds must not concentrate on arming the police, but on how the police reduce the risk of both civilian and the