Ferguson

As always, I'm going to write about a situation that infuriates me a lot: Ferguson. Maybe some of you don't know what that is, so I will explain it briefly: It is the case of the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager who was shot dead in August at the hands of a white police officer in Ferguson, in the state of Missouri. He supposedly did it because "Michael had committed robbery" and "it seemed like he had a gun", all of that being false. It led to protests and heated debates in the United States and other countries. After three months of deliberation, the grand jury decided not to charge the agent, which made the citizens of USA make huge protests across the country, around the date of Thanksgiving. In this entry we are going to analyse why Darren Wilson (the police officer) is guilty of murder.
First of all, we're going to talk about the trial. The prosecutor was Bob McCulloch, being regarded as having a strong prosecutorial bias in favor of law enforcement and an unusually strong prejudice against his accusers. This man has a controversial past that doesn't let him be just or impartial, and it had made things only worse in Ferguson. Plus, we can see how the civil rights attorney/MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Bloom points out through her twitter that Darren Wilson's cross-examination was a joke:

The worst of all is that Michael Brown's family learned the veredict through social media. The court didn't even tell them directly.

Now, let's focus on what really happened. Darren Wilson did NOT know about the robbery: there were reports of a robbery, but all the articles from CNN, NBC, The Times, etc. made it clear that Darren Wilson did NOT know about the robbery at the time.

"But didn't he rob a store?". Well, I mean, the cashier at the store didn't think it was him but yeah, I forgot that the penalty for stealing is public execution without a trial or any process that seems like the logical thing to do. Yeah, death penalty, you are totally right, thank you for pointing that out!

Oh my god.

Also, can someone please explain this to me?

The prosecutor for both cases was Bob McCulloch! Coincidence? I think not. He recommended that charges had to be imposed (felony assault) against this black officer, and did everything in his power to assure that Wilson was let off for murder.

Well, another interesting thing about the case is the "stolen cigarettes". If Michael Brown had stolen the cigarettes from that store like police said he did, where are they? Would they not confiscate them for evidence? Hmm. Food for thought, huh?

But anyway, the most important part about this is the shooting: sixteen people testified Michael Brown had his hands up when he was shot. I don't know how you see it, but that is a universal sign of surrender. So, regardless of attack, he surrendered. Therefore he shouldn't be shot at 6 times. And while Darren Wilson said he did it in self-defense, we should see when you can claim self-defense in America.

1. You must use force to protect yourself when in danger for serious injury or death. 

2. Unless you are in your own house, you must retreat if possible before resorting to force. 

3. You must show that you did not start the altercation.

4. Finally, you can't use more force than necessary to stop an unprovoked attack.

With these points proven, let's see what Darren Wilson did:

He was NOT in danger for SERIOUS INJURY or DEATH.

He DIDN'T RETREAT.

He STARTED THE ALTERCATION.

He put AT LEAST SIX BULLETS INTO MICHAEL BROWN.

All these evidences should have been more than enough to put that pig in jail for murdering an innocent teenager that didn't do anything to deserve his death. He was even a very big hearted boy, as one of his acquaintances said "Mike Brown was a kid who didn't want to play football, even though he had the body for it. When asked why, he told his friends that he didn't want to hit anybody".

The only "good thing" we can take from this is that it has awared society from its situation and the racism that it is still present nowadays. Michael Brown has basically started a revolution, both in the streets and on the Internet, with trendings like #blacklivesmatter, #handsupdontshoot, #wecantbreathe and #ferguson.

It warms my heart, and it gives me hope for a future where these things won't happen ever again. I fully support the people who is raising their voices right now to change things for the better.