Stage Eight

    Tragic that we live in such a society where those that are suppose to protect us can also harm us and nothing happens to them. After reading my classmate's blog, "No Justice, No Peace", which describes  her views on the brandy jury not bringing any charges against police officer Darren Wilson, who fatally short Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. The decision shook the entire nation, along with the city of Ferguson, causing protest and riots nationwide. I do feel like Officer Wilson should've been indicted, but in the end nobody knows what really went down that day besides Officer Wilson and Michael Brown. Although the situation has calmed down to an extent, the incident is far from forgotten, but to help ease the pain, Officer Wilson has resigned from his police duties.
   Incidents like this happen everyday like this, as I'm sure we're all familiar with the Eric Garner case. Eric Garner was taped being killed by a police officer in an illegal chokehold, which resulted in the officer not being indicted. This caused uproar nationwide, with peaceful protest and staged "Die-Ins". The officer claims it wasn't a chokehold, but the video shows otherwise, which again raises questions as to why he wasn't indicted. Another video was released from cbsnews raising more questions as you can clearly see Eric Garner on the ground and clearly him his repeats "I Can't Breathe" several times. And to make these matters even worse, the only indictment made from this case was the man who filmed the incident. Seriously?
    I do agree with some points made from Shay's blog, I wouldn't necessarily imply the race card being a main factor, but maybe for both incidents it did play a contributing factor. Maybe one day all the protesting will pay off, and equality for all people will finally be reached, maybe not. At the end of the day, it's up to the decisions made by others based of the actions of others. Incidents like these occur everyday, majority of which don't get filmed to make it to our eyes. This has to stop now!