Riot police reminded protesters of the Vonderrit Myers Jr. shooting that they will show up if they get out of hand early Monday morning. The most the riot police did was beat their batons in unison on the ground and let them pass. Throughout the entire time, the protesters sang of chants towards the police officer that shot the black teen last week. The father of the teen was with the crowd. Police arrested seventeen protesters that were doing a sit in at the convenience store he was killed at. This along with a shooting in Florida have brought international attention to race relations in the U.S.
The first thing I have to say about this is WOW. I mean seriously, how long and how many will have to die for this thing we "settled" with the civil war and civil rights movement with MLK Jr. If police are actually suspected of shooting someone on race, then hold a investigation and look into it. Where they threatened or did they pull out a gun and just start shooting. From what I have heard, I have no idea if there was any footage on the shooting from the store cameras. The main point I'm getting at here is that people need to get the facts strait before calling it a racist crime.
Link:http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/marchers-confront-riot-police-over-missouri-shootings-more-protests-planned/ar-BB92d2Q
Racial tension has been brewing for a long time, and I'm curious if these relations will ever heal-- each side thinks that they are right and that the other is hurting them. I hope that we can all come together in forgiveness for past wrongs-- no matter who is right-- and heal the brokenness in our nation.
ReplyDeleteI can see why people are quick to call this a racist crime considering the multiple attacks and deaths of this nature in the past year. I know of at least four incidents in particular where police used unneccessary force on an African-American resulting in injury or death. Since there have not been reports of similar behavior towards whites, it is highly probable that these attacks were race-related. I also think that arresting people in sit-ins is eerily similar to the arrests made during the civil rights movement. I believe that since they are non-violent protests the police should not make arrests.
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