Police Brutality Case Study

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Police brutality is an injustice that has been unraveling in America for quite some time now. The case of Michael Brown and Officer Darren Wilson seemed to have spikes the hype of this issue on November 24, 2014 when the Ferguson’s Grand Jury announced the verdict of “not guilty” for Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting turned murder against 18 year old Michael Brown. When concerning legal issues this case sparks two questions, according to Huffington Post “reporting on the events in Ferguson, Missouri tends to conflate two legal issues. First is the question of whether the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer was justified under police procedure and law, the second legal issue is one where there is room to ease community outrage: a lawsuit for federal civil rights violations brought by Brown's family or the US Justice Department” (Chertoff, 2014).

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The friend, who is 22 year old Dorian Johnson said that Officer Wilson exchanged words with Brown and himself and eventually the conversation led to an altercation that turned physical and took the life of 18 year old Michael Brown. During an interview with MSNBC Johnson said “the officer drove up to us and said “get the f—k on the sidewalk” and then braked in front of Brown and threatened “I’m gonna shoot you” (MSNBC). From watching the media cover this case it was noted that Brown began to run in the opposite direction away from Officer Wilson when he was then gunned down multiple times with his hands up in the air. The shooting and death of Michael Brown and Officer Darren Wilson has created such a huge tension in not only Ferguson, MO where the police and community relationship has been foggy for quite some time now but across the United States creating an even larger racial divide tension then there was

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