The headlines news about the deaths of South Carolina black individuals that was on air this week has finally died down. South Carolina is a state that has forty-seven percent black people, but the police department has an ironically eighty people percent white people. The killings of unarmed African Americans normal raise issues of racism that is a vice the world has been fighting for ages.
The jury found that the Mr T Slager policeman that had killed the unarmed person has performed the murder and was charged for it. Many across America felt that justice had been done because the video footage jot from the scene of crime shows that he had a case to answer. He defended himself by claiming that he did that for self-defense the claim could not hold waters because the evidence showed to the contrary. The video shows Mr Slager shooting Mr Scot when he was running and was 20 feet away. That proves that by virtue that Mr. Scot was unarmed he posed no danger to Mr. Slager at that distance.
The footage further shows the policeman handcuffing the man after killing him before moving a distance to pick something from the ground of which he returns and drops it next to the lifeless body. It should, however, be noted that it is not an isolated case of the senseless killings of the African Americans. Some of these other events that showed that it was a trend in the past few months includes.
A policeman also shot Michael Brown a teenager in Ferguson and killed him. It happened after another police officer killed Garner who was also not having any weapons and was selling cigarettes through choking in the regions of Staten Island.
Another situation that sparked lots of protests across the nation was that of Tamir Rice. He was a twelve year old boy who was shot when playing using a pellet gun. It is not fair for all these things to happen to black people just like that. Why are police just killing innocent people without valid reasons?
We hope that the decision by the judges in Ferguson will cool the protests that have been continuous in this St. Louis. The irony is that this is a place with a population of over sixty percent of the population being the black people. It is a place that has seen a population rise from 25 percent in 90s to sixty percent in 2010. With the changes in the demography, the area power structure is still in the hands of most white minority. As at the time of browns shooting there was only one black member in the entire council.
There was no black individual in school boards and most officers approximately ninety percent were white. It is unacceptable for a place that has a population of 21000 individuals. With this kind of power leaning only on one side, the likelihood of blacks being arrested or given very harsh sentences is high compared to those who are white.
Finally, we want to believe the ruling settled the racist tendencies one and for all in this region. The protests have shaped the municipal politics because some of these candidates have joined the cause.
The jury found that the Mr T Slager policeman that had killed the unarmed person has performed the murder and was charged for it. Many across America felt that justice had been done because the video footage jot from the scene of crime shows that he had a case to answer. He defended himself by claiming that he did that for self-defense the claim could not hold waters because the evidence showed to the contrary. The video shows Mr Slager shooting Mr Scot when he was running and was 20 feet away. That proves that by virtue that Mr. Scot was unarmed he posed no danger to Mr. Slager at that distance.
The footage further shows the policeman handcuffing the man after killing him before moving a distance to pick something from the ground of which he returns and drops it next to the lifeless body. It should, however, be noted that it is not an isolated case of the senseless killings of the African Americans. Some of these other events that showed that it was a trend in the past few months includes.
A policeman also shot Michael Brown a teenager in Ferguson and killed him. It happened after another police officer killed Garner who was also not having any weapons and was selling cigarettes through choking in the regions of Staten Island.
Another situation that sparked lots of protests across the nation was that of Tamir Rice. He was a twelve year old boy who was shot when playing using a pellet gun. It is not fair for all these things to happen to black people just like that. Why are police just killing innocent people without valid reasons?
We hope that the decision by the judges in Ferguson will cool the protests that have been continuous in this St. Louis. The irony is that this is a place with a population of over sixty percent of the population being the black people. It is a place that has seen a population rise from 25 percent in 90s to sixty percent in 2010. With the changes in the demography, the area power structure is still in the hands of most white minority. As at the time of browns shooting there was only one black member in the entire council.
There was no black individual in school boards and most officers approximately ninety percent were white. It is unacceptable for a place that has a population of 21000 individuals. With this kind of power leaning only on one side, the likelihood of blacks being arrested or given very harsh sentences is high compared to those who are white.
Finally, we want to believe the ruling settled the racist tendencies one and for all in this region. The protests have shaped the municipal politics because some of these candidates have joined the cause.
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