Tariq Johnson Case Study

Tariq Johnson, an unarmed sixteen-year-old black teenager, was fatally shot on June 2, 2014. Jack Franklin, a white male bystander killed Johnson. The shooting took place at 219 Peach Street in Underhill. Before the shooting occurred, Johnson was purchasing milk and a snickers bar for his mother and his sister from a nearby convenience store. Brian Trellis stopped him on his way out because Trellis thought Johnson stole the items he was carrying from the nearby store. Even though the store owner was only yelling Tariq’s name because he left his change at the store. Brian Trellis and Tariq Johnson got heated because of their misunderstanding and this caused the surrounding people circled the pair. Meanwhile, Tom Arlen and Jack Franklin were