In the past few days, the judges in South Carolina had given a ruling on the arbitrary killing of black over the last few months. It comes as a reprieve for many because this is a nation that has 47 percent of the population being the African American. These senseless killings of unarmed African Americans bring to the fore memories of the struggle against racism that the Americans paid with blood years ago.
The information that the white officer that killed the unarmed black man had been charged with murder had made many feels that justice had been done. Michael T. Slager the police who was charged claimed in the case that he killed the man because he feared for his life. However, the video footage got from the scene of crime shows a different story. It is because Mr. Scot was already running when Mr. Slager drew the weapon and pulled the trigger when he was over twenty feet away.
The video then shows very disturbing events when Mr. Slager handcuffs Mr. Scott then returns to the area of where the struggle began before picking something from the ground. Mr. Slager then goes ahead and return to where the body then drops it next to the body. That was not the only isolated case among the different killings of unarmed black Americans. Some of the other instances that the same repeated itself include.
Recently, Michael Brown who is a teenager in Ferguson was killed by another policeman. Eric Garner was not having any arm and was only selling loose cigarettes but was again shot by police in Staten Island by choking him.
The one that spark protests across the nation is the twelve-year-old boy Tamir Rice, who was killed when playing with a pellet gun. Why would such things happen to black people? Why are they being killed by policemen without any reason?
The answer to the above question was revealed in Ferguson this week The suburb of Saint Louis has been a home to the blacks and has increased since 1990 from twenty five percent to sixty seven percent as at 2010. Despite these demographic trends, the structure of power has not changed over the years. When Brown was shot, the members of the council were white except for one person who was black.
No African American was servicing in any school board, and this unbalanced representation must be an indicator of the oppression the black people have been going through in the hands of the police department. Reports indicate that blacks got harsher penalties for the same crimes by the white people.
The ruling on the matter aimed to settle the record straight on racism tendencies. The protests about these heinous crimes have been consistent since August, and these protests shape the municipal elections. Some of the candidates join in the cause of the protesters. It is important at this point for inhabitants of this region to change the political landscape of the region to avoid a repeat of such events again and become more representative.
The information that the white officer that killed the unarmed black man had been charged with murder had made many feels that justice had been done. Michael T. Slager the police who was charged claimed in the case that he killed the man because he feared for his life. However, the video footage got from the scene of crime shows a different story. It is because Mr. Scot was already running when Mr. Slager drew the weapon and pulled the trigger when he was over twenty feet away.
The video then shows very disturbing events when Mr. Slager handcuffs Mr. Scott then returns to the area of where the struggle began before picking something from the ground. Mr. Slager then goes ahead and return to where the body then drops it next to the body. That was not the only isolated case among the different killings of unarmed black Americans. Some of the other instances that the same repeated itself include.
Recently, Michael Brown who is a teenager in Ferguson was killed by another policeman. Eric Garner was not having any arm and was only selling loose cigarettes but was again shot by police in Staten Island by choking him.
The one that spark protests across the nation is the twelve-year-old boy Tamir Rice, who was killed when playing with a pellet gun. Why would such things happen to black people? Why are they being killed by policemen without any reason?
The answer to the above question was revealed in Ferguson this week The suburb of Saint Louis has been a home to the blacks and has increased since 1990 from twenty five percent to sixty seven percent as at 2010. Despite these demographic trends, the structure of power has not changed over the years. When Brown was shot, the members of the council were white except for one person who was black.
No African American was servicing in any school board, and this unbalanced representation must be an indicator of the oppression the black people have been going through in the hands of the police department. Reports indicate that blacks got harsher penalties for the same crimes by the white people.
The ruling on the matter aimed to settle the record straight on racism tendencies. The protests about these heinous crimes have been consistent since August, and these protests shape the municipal elections. Some of the candidates join in the cause of the protesters. It is important at this point for inhabitants of this region to change the political landscape of the region to avoid a repeat of such events again and become more representative.
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