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The search for answers begins in Ferguson
November 28th 2014
By: Omar El Akkad
Globe and Mail
Nearly 4 months
after a white officer shot an unarmed 18 year old black man in Ferguson,
Ferguson has become a dark city with protest going on and now spreading to
other cities. This has illustrated what happens when three major flaws in the
US come into effect; racism, poverty, and violence. What began as a local
protest has quickly spread to all of the US and is now affecting some other
countries were racism is a problem. Many of the whites in the town believe that
there is a slight problem in the town,
but many believe that the blacks are over reacting to this.
I believe that the
cop didn't do anything wrong for a few reasons. My first reason is that the
teen robbed a convenient store and assaulted the cop before. The second reason
is that based on the events that happened, it would have been difficult for the
cop to know if the teen had a weapon. The last reason is that the teen isn't
much of a teen, he's huge and he was charging at the cop when the cop shot him.
For these three reasons I agree with the people from Ferguson that some people
are over reacting, but if they admit that there is a problem, I think it would
help to look into this issue further.
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