Summaries
Tensions between law enforcement officers and the black community in America is not a new thing. In fact, such frictions have probably been constant in the last 150 years since the abolition of slavery. However, the relatively recent event involving local police officers shooting to death unarmed black teenager Michael Brown on August 9, 2014, has led to local riots, which soon became a nationwide concern, with other protests taking place in different locations in America. Protesters criticiz…
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What caused the Ferguson riot exists in so many other cities, too
Author: Elijah Anderson
Genre: Article
Date of Publication: August 13, 2014
This article was published on the website of the Washington Post by Elijah Anderson, junior professor of Sociology at Yale University and a top urban ethnographer, specialized in urban black life.
In this article, the author discusses possible causes of the Ferguson riots, following the deadly shooting of black…
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Walking while black: Michael Brown, black men and white police officers
Author: Ishmael Sistrunk
Genre: Article
Date of Publication: August 13, 2014
This article was published on the website of local newspaper The Saint Louis American. The author is a black reporter and a lifelong resident of Saint Louis, Missouri.
The article presents the author’s view on the Ferguson Police Shooting and the riots in the aftermath of the event. Ishmael Sistrunk first adm…
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Michael Brown Shooting: How black and white America view Ferguson
Author: BBC News
Genre: Video
Date of Publication: Aug 19, 2014
The video was published on BBC News' YouTube channel shortly after the police shooting in Missouri.
The Pew Research Center carried out a weekend survey to find out how Americans view what has happened in Ferguson.
The results pub…
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Dozens Rally In New York As Protests Spread from Ferguson To New York
Author: CBS Local
Genre: Video Newscast
Date of Publication: August 18, 2014
The video newscast was published on CBS New York website.
The CBS video announces that dozens …
