this event made it clear that even in
the 21st century race is still an issue
in the United States welcome to
watchmojo.com –nt we’re counting down
ten crucial facts you should know about
the Ferguson unrest number ten how did
it start on August 9th 2014 in Ferguson
Missouri Michael Brown an unarmed
african-american teenager was shot and
killed by white police officer Darren
Wilson and while these are considered
facts the context circumstances and
events surrounding the shooting are all
in dispute the confrontation between
Brown and Wilson was the result of a
supposed death that took place earlier
in the day with brown as the culprit
according to video footage Brown had
stolen cigarillos from a local corner
store with his friend and shoved the
store clerk after which the pair was
seen walking down a main road by Officer
Wilson as Wilson claimed to have just
received the description of a suspect in
a convenience store theft
he quickly ordered both gentlemen to
move to the sidewalk signals were in his
hand Dorian Johnson was wearing a black
shirt and that’s when it hit me that
these were the suspects from that
stealing chaos and confusion and suit
and when Brown died riots broke out in
Ferguson
number nine what was the altercation the
final altercation between Michael Brown
and officer Darren Wilson occurred a
little after 12 p.m. according to Wilson
brown approached Wilson’s police cruiser
and leaned into the car
punching Wilson and reaching for his gun
two shots were fired with one
superficially striking Brown in the arm
Wilson then claims to have exited his
vehicle to pursue brown and brown
charged him in the ensuing melee Wilson
fired his gun hitting Brown at least six
times within 90 seconds of Brown and
Wilson coming into contact with each
other
Brown was dead witness testimony of the
event has varied wildly with some
stating that Brown was surrendering with
his hands up at the time he was fatally
shot others saying his hands were at its
sides and others claiming he was running
away it looked as if Michael was pushing
off and the cop was trying to pull him
in then the cops try to fire through the
window Michael breaks away and he starts
running away from the officer the
officer gets out of his vehicle and
pursues Michael as he’s shooting his
weapon Michael jerks his body as he
changers hit then he turns around face
the officer and puts his hands up and
the officer continues to shoot him as he
goes down to the ground
number eight who was involved the two
main individuals in this situation are
Michael Brown the 18-year old who was
shot and killed and Darren Wilson the
officer who fired the bullets
unfortunately this event sparked such
public outrage in Ferguson because the
city’s population is primarily black
while it’s government and police force
is mainly white the events that followed
Brown’s death involved multiple forces
including those who attended and
organized the Ferguson riots the
National Guard which was called in to
subdue the protests and safeguard city
property jay Nixon the Missouri governor
as well as the FBI and the White House
which intervened with an ongoing
investigation and State address from
President Barack Obama the Ferguson
Police Force was instrumental in the
early days of the unrest with riot
squads attempting to keep stability with
refused and in some cases tear-gassed
some bystanders even claim that the
actions of the police force spurred the
riots even further because you see how
they geared up like this World War 3 and
then we desire her peacefully protest
and trying to like number seven who
investigated on August 12 2014 President
Obama asked the Justice Department to
open an investigation into the shooting
the Federal Bureau of Investigations
also opened a separate investigation
into the crime as well as civil rights
issues surrounding the events by the end
of 2014 these investigations were still
ongoing number six how did the community
react after a candlelight vigil for the
Brown family a series of riots in the
streets of Ferguson began over the next
few days which got increasingly violent
and saw looting and property damage the
police used force in the form of curfews
tear gas and rubber pellets to try and
disperse the growing crowds after
several days of clashes between
civilians and the heavily militarized
police force including one incident
where a protester was shot and wounded
by an unknown assailant US Attorney
General Eric Holder commented on the
deployment of military vehicles and
equipment in a suburban setting saying
it can do more harm than good
if used with improper training or in
response to a largely peaceful
demonstration the refrain of hands up
don’t shoot became a popular slogan that
spread outside the streets of Ferguson
number five how did the city handle the
issue this is a test the eyes of the
world are watching on August 16th 2014
the governor of Missouri declared a
state of emergency and imposed a curfew
on the city of Ferguson promising it
would not be enforced using strict
tactics like tear gas
unfortunately that promise was broken
and after two days of continued clashes
the National Guard was called in to
restore order and a curfew was lifted
but that was far from the end of the
battle as the grand jury still had to
decide whether Officer Darren Wilson
would be indicted for Browns murder or
not number four has this happened before
On February 26th 2012 Trayvon Martin an
unarmed african-american teenager was
walking home when he was shot and killed
by neighborhood watch volunteer George
Zimmerman who claimed he was acting in
self-defense if it was self-defense why
was he on has on Trayvon’s back in
Florida where this shooting happened the
Stand Your Ground law entitles people to
use any level of force to defend
themselves if they believe they are in
imminent danger this law also prohibits
law enforcement from making an arrest on
July 17 2014
African American Eric garner was killed
by a New York police officer when he was
put in a chokehold on the suspicion of
selling cigarettes the homicide was
caught on video where one can hear
garner say I can’t breathe 11 times he
was pronounced dead from neck and chest
compression an hour later number 3 what
was America’s reaction President Obama
addressed the nation on the Ferguson
riots and how police handled the
situation in their town on August 14
2014 in his message he stated that two
separate investigations had been opened
he later also initiated a review of
programs that help local law enforcement
and police buy and use military-grade
gear ultimately the President stated he
wishes to discover the origins of why
young men of color from various groups
are more apt to wind up within the
system or in jail then in school or a
good job let’s remember that we’re all
part of one American family we are
united in common values and that
includes belief in equality under the
law a basic respect for Public Order and
the right to peaceful public protest
number two what was the verdict on
August 20th 2014
a grand jury began hearing evidence
Darren Brown’s trial which included
testimony from over 60 witnesses
investigators and even an extensive over
four hour-long testimony from Wilson
himself on November 24th it was
announced that the grand jury decided
not to indict officer Wilson in
connection with the Michael Brown
shooting in order for an indictment nine
of the 12 jurors would have had to have
agreed to indict this result announced
at 10:59 p.m. at the beginning of
Thanksgiving week in the United States
triggered an outburst of anger from
residents of Ferguson as well as civil
rights groups across America leading to
protests that night number one will this
create change according to President
Obama
sometimes a country’s conscience has to
be triggered by some inconvenience in
this case the inconvenience is the
peaceful protest fully aware that some
change is necessary in the wake of the
brown and garner deaths President Obama
proposed spending 75 million dollars for
50,000 body cameras to be distributed to
police departments across the u.s. in
the hopes that police attitudes and
methods will change and similar events
will be limited in the future
I am confident that if we focus our
attention on the problem and we look at
what has happened in communities around
the country effectively then we can make
progress not just in Ferguson but in a
lot of other cities and communities
around the country did these facts
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the 21st century race is still an issue
in the United States welcome to
watchmojo.com –nt we’re counting down
ten crucial facts you should know about
the Ferguson unrest number ten how did
it start on August 9th 2014 in Ferguson
Missouri Michael Brown an unarmed
african-american teenager was shot and
killed by white police officer Darren
Wilson and while these are considered
facts the context circumstances and
events surrounding the shooting are all
in dispute the confrontation between
Brown and Wilson was the result of a
supposed death that took place earlier
in the day with brown as the culprit
according to video footage Brown had
stolen cigarillos from a local corner
store with his friend and shoved the
store clerk after which the pair was
seen walking down a main road by Officer
Wilson as Wilson claimed to have just
received the description of a suspect in
a convenience store theft
he quickly ordered both gentlemen to
move to the sidewalk signals were in his
hand Dorian Johnson was wearing a black
shirt and that’s when it hit me that
these were the suspects from that
stealing chaos and confusion and suit
and when Brown died riots broke out in
Ferguson
number nine what was the altercation the
final altercation between Michael Brown
and officer Darren Wilson occurred a
little after 12 p.m. according to Wilson
brown approached Wilson’s police cruiser
and leaned into the car
punching Wilson and reaching for his gun
two shots were fired with one
superficially striking Brown in the arm
Wilson then claims to have exited his
vehicle to pursue brown and brown
charged him in the ensuing melee Wilson
fired his gun hitting Brown at least six
times within 90 seconds of Brown and
Wilson coming into contact with each
other
Brown was dead witness testimony of the
event has varied wildly with some
stating that Brown was surrendering with
his hands up at the time he was fatally
shot others saying his hands were at its
sides and others claiming he was running
away it looked as if Michael was pushing
off and the cop was trying to pull him
in then the cops try to fire through the
window Michael breaks away and he starts
running away from the officer the
officer gets out of his vehicle and
pursues Michael as he’s shooting his
weapon Michael jerks his body as he
changers hit then he turns around face
the officer and puts his hands up and
the officer continues to shoot him as he
goes down to the ground
number eight who was involved the two
main individuals in this situation are
Michael Brown the 18-year old who was
shot and killed and Darren Wilson the
officer who fired the bullets
unfortunately this event sparked such
public outrage in Ferguson because the
city’s population is primarily black
while it’s government and police force
is mainly white the events that followed
Brown’s death involved multiple forces
including those who attended and
organized the Ferguson riots the
National Guard which was called in to
subdue the protests and safeguard city
property jay Nixon the Missouri governor
as well as the FBI and the White House
which intervened with an ongoing
investigation and State address from
President Barack Obama the Ferguson
Police Force was instrumental in the
early days of the unrest with riot
squads attempting to keep stability with
refused and in some cases tear-gassed
some bystanders even claim that the
actions of the police force spurred the
riots even further because you see how
they geared up like this World War 3 and
then we desire her peacefully protest
and trying to like number seven who
investigated on August 12 2014 President
Obama asked the Justice Department to
open an investigation into the shooting
the Federal Bureau of Investigations
also opened a separate investigation
into the crime as well as civil rights
issues surrounding the events by the end
of 2014 these investigations were still
ongoing number six how did the community
react after a candlelight vigil for the
Brown family a series of riots in the
streets of Ferguson began over the next
few days which got increasingly violent
and saw looting and property damage the
police used force in the form of curfews
tear gas and rubber pellets to try and
disperse the growing crowds after
several days of clashes between
civilians and the heavily militarized
police force including one incident
where a protester was shot and wounded
by an unknown assailant US Attorney
General Eric Holder commented on the
deployment of military vehicles and
equipment in a suburban setting saying
it can do more harm than good
if used with improper training or in
response to a largely peaceful
demonstration the refrain of hands up
don’t shoot became a popular slogan that
spread outside the streets of Ferguson
number five how did the city handle the
issue this is a test the eyes of the
world are watching on August 16th 2014
the governor of Missouri declared a
state of emergency and imposed a curfew
on the city of Ferguson promising it
would not be enforced using strict
tactics like tear gas
unfortunately that promise was broken
and after two days of continued clashes
the National Guard was called in to
restore order and a curfew was lifted
but that was far from the end of the
battle as the grand jury still had to
decide whether Officer Darren Wilson
would be indicted for Browns murder or
not number four has this happened before
On February 26th 2012 Trayvon Martin an
unarmed african-american teenager was
walking home when he was shot and killed
by neighborhood watch volunteer George
Zimmerman who claimed he was acting in
self-defense if it was self-defense why
was he on has on Trayvon’s back in
Florida where this shooting happened the
Stand Your Ground law entitles people to
use any level of force to defend
themselves if they believe they are in
imminent danger this law also prohibits
law enforcement from making an arrest on
July 17 2014
African American Eric garner was killed
by a New York police officer when he was
put in a chokehold on the suspicion of
selling cigarettes the homicide was
caught on video where one can hear
garner say I can’t breathe 11 times he
was pronounced dead from neck and chest
compression an hour later number 3 what
was America’s reaction President Obama
addressed the nation on the Ferguson
riots and how police handled the
situation in their town on August 14
2014 in his message he stated that two
separate investigations had been opened
he later also initiated a review of
programs that help local law enforcement
and police buy and use military-grade
gear ultimately the President stated he
wishes to discover the origins of why
young men of color from various groups
are more apt to wind up within the
system or in jail then in school or a
good job let’s remember that we’re all
part of one American family we are
united in common values and that
includes belief in equality under the
law a basic respect for Public Order and
the right to peaceful public protest
number two what was the verdict on
August 20th 2014
a grand jury began hearing evidence
Darren Brown’s trial which included
testimony from over 60 witnesses
investigators and even an extensive over
four hour-long testimony from Wilson
himself on November 24th it was
announced that the grand jury decided
not to indict officer Wilson in
connection with the Michael Brown
shooting in order for an indictment nine
of the 12 jurors would have had to have
agreed to indict this result announced
at 10:59 p.m. at the beginning of
Thanksgiving week in the United States
triggered an outburst of anger from
residents of Ferguson as well as civil
rights groups across America leading to
protests that night number one will this
create change according to President
Obama
sometimes a country’s conscience has to
be triggered by some inconvenience in
this case the inconvenience is the
peaceful protest fully aware that some
change is necessary in the wake of the
brown and garner deaths President Obama
proposed spending 75 million dollars for
50,000 body cameras to be distributed to
police departments across the u.s. in
the hopes that police attitudes and
methods will change and similar events
will be limited in the future
I am confident that if we focus our
attention on the problem and we look at
what has happened in communities around
the country effectively then we can make
progress not just in Ferguson but in a
lot of other cities and communities
around the country did these facts
surprise you to vote for which news
story is covered next
head over to watchmojo.com slash suggest
and be sure to hit that subscribe button
for more newsworthy top 10s published
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