Growing distrust
between the local police and Ferguson citizens convolute the matters in the Missouri
town.
Recently
in news the most publicized example of civil unrest is being dissected in as
many ways as every educated individual can possibly understand the event. However,
these angles have over-arching themes.
With
the first appearance of media coverage of the many events in Ferguson, it is
simple to see emerging themes of Race, police brutality, civil and uncivil
protest. But, as a developing story it quickly became convoluted as media dissected
it.
Police
reaction to the documentation of the unfolding events in Ferguson certainly did
complicate the issues. The arrests of Ryan Reilly of the Huffington Post and
Wesley Lowery of the Washington post was not the way to calm flaring distrust
in Ferguson.
These
accounts, which are receiving nation-wide coverage only serve to convict the
police of not keeping civil peace but complicating the solution and distrust in
Ferguson.
To
conclude the most recent series of events the police released the officer’s
name that shot Michael Brown. Shortly afterwards, police released information
stating Michael Brown is a suspect in a convenient store robbery. The timing of
the release raises questions about the motives of the local police.
The
accounts of police activity practically reek of racketeering. However, in light
of Browns culpability, Police brutality, civil unrest, racial profiling,
un-lawful arrests, media coverage, and homicide of an 18yr. old man, it’s
a little more complicated than that…isn’t it?
