Monday, April 13, 2015

Peaceful protesters? - Alyssa Hamilton

The police have recently arrested a man who happened to participate in a protest outside the Ferguson police station. The police have offically charged him with two counts of first-degree assault he's supposedly being accused of firing shots that wounded two police officers very early Friday morning. The man, Jeffrey Williams who is 20 years old still denies that he shot at the police officers, instead claiming that while he did fire the gun it was for a very different reason and direction.
This is just like during the civil rights movement, the police began accusing people of things whether they were true or not. However, as this accusation directly follows the Ferguson case there is doubt as to whether or not the police are telling the truth, much like the people wondered during old cases in the 60's and 70's.

 

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