How The Tragedy In Ferguson Changed My Life
Jeffrey Hayes
December 12, 2014
Social Justice B7
It Changed My Life
The tragedy in Ferguson has not only happened in Saint Louis, it has happened every where in the world on a daily basis. These situations have open up our eyes and tells us something is wrong, but sometimes things get out of control and we can’t handle it. I know for a fact what happened in Ferguson has effected my life and the lives of others by showing us that we are an endangered specie, showing that murdering innocent people is legal in the eyes of officers and that they can kill without facing consequences and that we need to think of ways to be in control. What happened in Ferguson effected my life by showing us that we are an endangered because I feel like we are targeted by many others just because we have a
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For example, the statistics say 1 black man is killed every 28 hours and 93% of black crimes victims were murdered by other blacks. What happened in Ferguson has effected my life by showing that murdering innocent people is legal in the eyes of officers and that they can kill without facing consequences because Police
Officers are supposed to protect us instead they are just killing people in an instance.
To be specific, Police are involved in 400 killings per year and 80% of those victims are black. What happened in Ferguson effected my life by showing us that we need to think of ways to be in control because we have stop having a slave mentality and stop letting people take control of us, we need to stop doing wrong and do right, we have to make
Jeffrey Hayes
December 12, 2014
Social Justice B7 sure the next generation don't experience what we are going through right now, we have to take advantage of every opportunity instead of giving up on
December 12, 2014
Social Justice B7
It Changed My Life
The tragedy in Ferguson has not only happened in Saint Louis, it has happened every where in the world on a daily basis. These situations have open up our eyes and tells us something is wrong, but sometimes things get out of control and we can’t handle it. I know for a fact what happened in Ferguson has effected my life and the lives of others by showing us that we are an endangered specie, showing that murdering innocent people is legal in the eyes of officers and that they can kill without facing consequences and that we need to think of ways to be in control. What happened in Ferguson effected my life by showing us that we are an endangered because I feel like we are targeted by many others just because we have a
different …show more content…
For example, the statistics say 1 black man is killed every 28 hours and 93% of black crimes victims were murdered by other blacks. What happened in Ferguson has effected my life by showing that murdering innocent people is legal in the eyes of officers and that they can kill without facing consequences because Police
Officers are supposed to protect us instead they are just killing people in an instance.
To be specific, Police are involved in 400 killings per year and 80% of those victims are black. What happened in Ferguson effected my life by showing us that we need to think of ways to be in control because we have stop having a slave mentality and stop letting people take control of us, we need to stop doing wrong and do right, we have to make
Jeffrey Hayes
December 12, 2014
Social Justice B7 sure the next generation don't experience what we are going through right now, we have to take advantage of every opportunity instead of giving up on