Saturday, April 24, 2021

Documentary

                 "Who’s Streets" is a documentary about the killing of Michael Brown. It was also about the Ferguson uprising which was riots and protests that happened the day after Micheal was shot on August 10, 2014. Michael Brown was a 18-year-old black male. Michael and a cop got into a scuffle. Michael got loose and ran away and the cop chased him down and shot him. Michael stopped running and put his hands up and the cop shot him repeatedly. He was left lying lifeless on the ground for hours. This caused Ferguson to go into riot mode. It was scary and frightening. Many people were protesting right in front of their door and the police told them to go back in the house. They were shot at with weapons that should not be used on U.S. grounds. Tear gas also polluted the air. Many people in the documentary screamed this is Ferguson, not Iraq. The governor mandated a curfew and for the National guard to come guard the community. Military tactics were going on. It was literally no justice or peace. People were scared to leave their homes. They walked around with their hands up as a sign of fear and for the police not to shoot them.

                All of this still is happening until this day. Police are still abusing their power. It is very scary out here for black males black people period. It’s like black people are criminals by nature. We just want to be treated like humans and not animals. Black people are literally walking on eggshells. On the day Dereck Chauvin was found guilty on all three accounts for killing George Floyd another cop killed a black teenager. It is disgusting and tiring. All across the U.S. people took activism seriously. Many people walked with hand written posters to get a message across about police and the BLM movement. 

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