Spreading like an epidemic
, the incident in Ferguson, Missouri has been the topic of the press since August ninth when Mike Brown was shot in the street by a police officer. What seemed at first to be an unjustified murder of a black teen boy by a white officer started a large outbreak of riots in Ferguson. Escalating riots are becoming out of hand and are bringing about serious consequences; buildings are being burned down, lives are being ruined, and even deaths have resulted from these riots. The riots in Ferguson are a major injustice because the city of
Ferguson will never fully recover from the tragic aftermath.
Evidence from the past proves that riots like these seen in Ferguson will have devastating