Monday, April 13, 2015

Ferguson Desicion - Alyssa Hamilton

The Justice Department officially ended their investigation into Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson, deciding not to press criminal charges for the killing of Michael Brown. The prosecutors were quoted as saying that “Wilson’s actions do not constitute prosecutable violations” of federal civil rights law, thus he would be let free without repercussion. The justice department claims this comes from the fact that they do not have evidence upon which they can disprove Wilson’s stated subjective belief that he feared for his safety.
This reflects back to the many times in US history where the government has protected cops instead of the people. Like the civil rights acts of the 60's and the 70's the police interfered with
peaceful protests and hurt innocents in a racist method. 

 

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