The Ferguson Riots

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Comparison of Media on the Ferguson Riots
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In Ferguson, Missouri there had been many protest to due to feelings of unrest by the public after fatal shooting of teenager Michael brown by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, on August 9, 2014. Within the protest there were several waves of them. The First wave (August 9, 2014-August 25, 2014) occurred when Michael Brown was shot. The initial protest were very peaceful. During the Second Wave (November 24, 2014- December 2, 2014 after Darren Wilson was not indicted the protest became more and more violent. The Third and Final Wave (August 9, 2015- August 11, 2015) came out of the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death.
For this paper I will be focusing on the Second Wave of the …show more content…

New York Times: What happened in Ferguson, this article is a more recent analysis on the Ferguson riots; it’s like a summation of the event. They were going in detail about the cases and who it involved. They also went over the crime and more importantly the social aspect.
USA Today: Shots ring out as Ferguson protesters mark anniversary of shooting, in this article they began to focus on what is called the third wave of the riots. They talked of the reasoning being the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death.
St Louis Dispatch: Justice Department faults Ferguson protest response, this article focuses on the reason why the protest reached a national scale. Like the New York Times article they focused on the social media has impacted this movement. However, they didn’t focus on many of the “waves” like USA did. I feel like the showcasing how the waves impacted the community would have been pertinent. Although, since they are a more local newspaper to the community in question they also had an at home …show more content…

New York Times: Protest flare after Ferguson police officer is not indicted, this article went into a very great depth of information included many different sources and quotes from the brown family, local police officers. They also included picture and a map of the locations of violence after announcement.
USA Today: Ferguson burning after grand jury announcement, this article focused more on jury reaching the verdict. This article I would think chronologically happened before the New York Times and right after the St. Louis Dispatch. Still, The New York Times article went more into detail and had a variety of quotes.
St Louis Dispatch: Gov.Nixon calls for peace, discusses for preparation for Ferguson announcement, this article was before the protest broke and it was a warning on not to protest. Like the New York Times article they focused on the social media has impacted this movement. This article chronologically had to happen either right after the USA or right after. This article was like a warning to the city.
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