It seems as people forgot how to protest peacefully between the Ferguson case and Garner case the streets of Missouri and New York City are filled with protesters some peaceful but most are violent. The protesters are rioting about these two events which they believe had to do with racism. In Ferguson, Missouri in August an 18 year old boy with dark skin was shot 8 times by a white police officer because he was threatening the cop and resisting arrest.. In NYC in July a 43 year old dark skin man by the name of Eric Garner was put in a chokehold and slammed onto the sidewalk by a white cop for resisting arrest as he was selling cigarettes separately on the streets, he had said " i cant breathe" but police officer would not let go and the man had died. The grand juries for the two cases had announced the cops non guilty and that's when the protesting had gotten out of control. People were lighting buildings, shops, apartments, cars and even the american flag on fire. The protesters were so out of control in Missouri the cops had to come with tanks and begin to pepper spray, tear gas, and arrest the rioters before anything worse had happened. The protesting in Missouri is much worse then NYC and is continuing to happen each day. Everybody has their own opinions on the incidednts but i don't believe it had to do with race, i feel the cops had felt threatened and the protection of themselves and the people around them comes first. But i strongly do believe that racism exists all over the country and sadly it will most likely be that way forever.
David Sherlock
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