Shots Fired
Kaleb Maynard
They were the shots heard around the country. Michael Brown, an African-American, age 18 was shot and killed on August 9, 2014, by a white police officer. Brown had earlier stolen from a con- venient store before being confronted by Officer Darren Wilson. Officer Wilson shot an unarmed Brown 12 times with 6 of the shots hitting him.
After Darren Wilson was not indicted for killing Michael Brown, riots exploded for a second time in Ferguson as well as over the country as the people of Ferguson disagreed with the jury’s decision. In New York, a gunman had shot and
Ferguson would later be torn in half as protesters raged with their anger over the injustice and started riots and looting all over the city. These events caused a vigorous debate be- tween law enforcement and African Americans all over the country, each side of the story showing its own perspective and forcing people to choose a side--the police or the protesters.
killed two white police officers and then himself, potentially in revenge for the killing of Brown. These outburst of violence and other breakouts in different cities over America have happened because of the tension in Ferguson.
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