Ferguson Riot By Steve Sack: Cartoon Analysis

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This Ferguson Riot cartoon picture was written by Steve Sack, an American cartoonist who won a 2013 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. He has made many cartoons and the one we will be focusing on today is the one above.This cartoon is based on the Ferguson Riots that took place in 2014. It started on August 9, 2014 when police officer, Darren Wilson, shot teenager, Michael Brown. We are still not 100% sure what really happened but autopsy reports indicated that 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot in the hand at close range during an altercation with Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. It also showed that he was shot six times, with gunshot wounds to his chest and head as a cause of death. It is still not clarified whether Brown tried

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