Police Brutality in Today?

Have you heard the story of the happenings in Ferguson, you probably have Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, a white police officer. The disputed circumstances of the shooting and the resultant protests and civil unrest received considerable attention in the United States and abroad.Brown and his friend Dorian Johnson were walking down the middle of the street when Wilson drove up and ordered them to move to the sidewalk. Brown and Wilson struggled through the window of the police vehicle until Wilson’s gun was fired, either intentionally or as a result of the struggle. Brown and Johnson then fled in different directions, with Wilson in pursuit of Brown. Wilson shot Brown six times, killing him. Witness reports differ as to whether and when Brown had his hands raised, and whether he was moving toward Wilson, when the final shots were fired.

And when people began protesting, though peaceful at first, the police brought in anti riot equipment, and seriously hurt some people, of course, after those events, serious unrest was caused, which included actual riots and the such.

It is like the bomber in Boston, when they tracked down a suspect and he fought back, they shot to kill, and missed. Eventually, he came out from cover, put his weapons down and hands up, complete surrender. So, obviously, the police took this as an opportunity to fill him with bullets. A completely unnecessary action.

Another great example is the shootout at Science World, Vancouver. The police chased a man until they cornered him outside Science World. Many Vancouver citizens have heard that part of the story, but most have not heard what follows: Bullets flew inside Science World, where a school tour was going on. Staff helped the students down so that they didn’t get shot, but what interests me was that almost all the shots that went into Science World came from the guns of the police officers, about this, i spoke to my cousin, who was working in triple O’s at the time. He took the following image of the bullet holes that are all from the police officers.

Police bullet holes through the triple O's in white  spot

Police bullet holes through the triple O’s in Science World

 

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