On August 9th,
eighteen year old unarmed teenager Michael Brown was shot dead by officer Darren
Wilson on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri.
Emanuel Freeman otherwise known as “TheePharoah” on Twitter was the
first person to break the news of the shooting on social media. With four
distinct tweets, Freeman introduced the world to the fatal shooting of Michael
Brown. In the following days, several witnesses came forward and were
interviewed by major news networks in the search for the answer to what really
happened on that fateful afternoon. The town of Ferguson erupted upon learning
about the murder of Mike Brown. The shooting quickly became an issue of race.
Especially after the witnesses claimed Mike Brown was adhering to the police
officers demands when he was shot multiple times ending in his death.
I interviewed,
Derrick Bryant a student of George Mason University (GMU) and avid petitioner
of Browns death. Bryant spoke of Browns death with distaste, clearly showing
his disgust with the justice systems lack of indictment with police officers
killing African Americans. We spoke further about his take on the judicial
system for several minutes, taking about the grand juries and the effects of
Michael Browns verdict. Bryant stated “The justice system does not work the
same way for people of color.” The honesty of this one line, blew me he had stated
at the end of the interview.
Vice News an
independent online media outlet was the first to cover the situations currently
taking place in Ferguson providing an in-depth video, which can be viewed
below.
