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  • wanakitaOct 2, 2014 at 2:48 pm

    I believe that police officers are abusing too much of their authority. It is not unusual for us to believe that white people have been against black people all the time. I also wonder if he would be alive if he just had been white?.. I believe that the police officer should have some criminal charges.

  • SavySo_ViciousSep 19, 2014 at 2:18 pm

    First off i will start by saying i love the way this article is written. It triggered my attention instantly. This article has a lot to do with equality, rights, authority, and stereotyping. The author braught to my attention that majority of Fergeson officals are white and the community is black. I could believe that there would be a lot of tension between the people and authority. Under what law does it allow an officer to open fire on an unarmed teenager? There is none. So what was Officer Wilson’s motive? Was it because he beileved that Brown was a “typical” black male who is a continuous rebel to the law? Is it because he truly felt his life was at harm? Or was it simply an abuse of power? Fergeson has a right to peaceful protest and celebrate Michael Brown’s Life. May he rest in paradise.

  • MonnaSep 19, 2014 at 11:51 am

    I think the police officer have to look to their authority and use it . The police officers should use justice to solve the problem. In this case most of the police officers are white, so their has to be some equality between the police officers and the citizens.

  • AustinSep 19, 2014 at 11:28 am

    The power of authority and racial profiling comes into play when it comes to the Michael Brown shooting because Fergusen the cop responsible for the teens death, I thought he abused his authority by thinking it would be necassary to kill Michael instead of questioning him. I agree with you that the officer shouldnt have judged before questioning because he took the life of a teen based upon his own assumptions.

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