Racial injustice in U.S (Pictures from Ferguson protests)

 

   This picture really pierced my heart and propelled me to write about the persisting racial discrimination in the United States, an issue that has long been on my mind. Perhaps, it is a good coincidence that I can sight a very great example from the shooting and killing of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri and the violent protests that erupted after. His name was Michael Brown and he was shot six times by a white police officer even though he had his hands up.
   I wont speak much about this issue, I believe that the pictures speak louder. Ferguson is a town that has two-thirds of its population as blacks but has a police force that is 90% white. I think this does so much to potray the economic and social marginalization of black people in Ferguson and America at large. Whites get away with little punishments for the same offence that blacks serve lengthy jail terms, Whites are employed for the same job opportunities which had black applicants with higher qualifications, a black man with a prison record is considered almost unemployable but a white man with the same record is still considered, blacks often find it difficult to get justice when the offender is white… and the list goes on and on. Truth be told, the United States is far from being the ‘Free for all land’ that it claims to be. Racial discrimination and equality still thrive but many don’t want to talk about it…what we should realize is that not talking about it wouldn’t make it go away.
       Here are pictures of the black community in Ferguson protesting the murder of an unarmed black teen boy, shot by a white police officer. They are desperately seeking justice, which they are afraid might elude them.

A protester carries a "Don't shoot" placard which was the main slogan of the protests

Angry black protesters were on the streets even at night

Protesters protest indiscriminate police shooting of blacks and carry a long list of people believed to be killed by the police

Police try to disperse angry protesters in Ferguson with tear gas and grenades

Policemen violently arresting a black protester during Ferguson protests

This placard pretty much summarizes the truth of the whole event

The scene where black teenage boy, Michael Brown was gunned down with six bullets by a white policeman

Friends and relatives mourn Michael Brown at a memorial

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