Case Summary: The Ferguson Case

Another case that caused an even grander uprising was the Ferguson case. On August 9, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri, 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer who witnesses claim was a Caucasian male. Brown’s friend, Dorian Johnson, who was with him when the shooting occurred, reported what he witnessed. Johnson claims that he and Brown were walking in the street when a male officer pulled up to tell them to rudely get on the sidewalk. The officer than hit the boys with his vehicle and grabbed Brown by his neck saying “I’m going to shoot” while drawing his weapon then firing, hitting Brown. Johnson and Brown took off running and the officer continued attacking Michael Brown. Johnson continues saying Brown finally turns with his hands up telling the officer that he was unarmed and to ask the officer to stop shooting. Unfortunately, the officer continued shooting until Brown fell to the ground and died. Johnson finally says, “[w]e wasn’t committing any crime, bringing no harm to nobody, but my friend was murdered in cold blood” (McLaughlin). During the investigation, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar discovered that each casing that was found on the scene belonged to the officer’s weapon (McLaughlin).

To this day there are conservatives who have strong beliefs and have a problem with even the slightest changes.

A great example today is the current government. Currently there is a black President who is not American, not Christian, is a socialist and part of the Democratic Party. These traits contradict almost everything the conservative Republican Party represents. The Republicans link President Barack Obama to every problem the nation has to face. Co-founder of Lucas Oil Products was so frustrated with the black president “posted on Facebook that she was ‘sick and tired of minorities running our country.’”

(Lusane).
The president continuously faces criticism from everyone. A Fox News poll asked whether people favored “Obamacare” or the “Affordable Care Act” both of which are the same law. Surprisingly the poll showed that the Affordable Care Act was supported significantly more than Obamacare by the white conservatives. Along with the indirect racism shown by the poll there were some who had such strong beliefs, they did not hold back on their thoughts and opinions. Conservative commentator Ben Stein called Obama “the most racist President there has ever been in America.” He wanted more than an impeachment of the president but the president needed to be “hung, drawn and quartered” although that “is probably too good for him.” (Lusane). There were many Progressive Democrats left behind who wanted to continue making a difference by fighting the current trends. Some took the position to question Republican racial politics but were defeated. Black legislators tried to help fix the acts but did not get very far in being able to make a difference (Lusane).