All We Want is Justice for Michael Brown

The Basic Facts:

• Officer Darren Wilson, a white police officer of Ferguson, MO, had pulled over black teenager Michael Brown and his friend Dorian Johnson on August 9th, 2014
• After an unknown altercation, Darren Wilson fired twelve shots towards Brown, seven of them hitting him and killing him
• On November 24th, the Grand Jury chose not to indict Darren Wilson. This means that:
• Darren Wilson will not be charged
• He can walk away free
• He got away with murdering an unarmed teenager because of 'fear'

That's the basic facts everyone agrees on when it comes to the Ferguson case. However, what the citizens of the city, along with the Grand Jury had to do is figure out what exactly happened that afternoon.

The Debate

The main source of debate is whether or not Michael had attacked Officer Wilson or not. According to Wilson's testimony, Brown had attacked him after he stopped him for walking in the middle of the road, getting a hold of the officer's gun. Wilson did not know about the supposed robbery happening at first; he pulled Brown and Johnson over for jaywalking. Wilson described a violent encounter, but his medical exam photos tell a different story.

The lack of violent injuries just don't match up with his story. You'd expect more bruising, perhaps more lacerations, but there is only one major bruise, and even then, it doesn't match his testimony. If he was in the driver's seat of the police car when Brown supposedly 'attacked' him, it would've been near impossible for Brown to strike the right side of his face from the driver's window.

According to witnesses, amongst those who testified, Brown had definitely run away from Wilson after being shot. Whether or not a violent encounter had occurred is up for debate, because two stories are currently circulating:

• Darren Wilson was attacked by Michael Brown and shot him in self defense
• Michael Brown was attacked by Wilson, who went after Brown

Even if Brown had attacked Wilson, the gun is a last resort; Wilson should've used mace or a taser to stun him before arresting him. Of course, he claimed in his testimony he couldn't reach his mace and that he wasn't comfortable carrying a taser, so he went for the gun, that he proceeded to use twelve times; twice in the car, ten outside of the car. Seven of these hit Brown.

Completely unnecessary. How he didn't at the least get charged with excessive force is beyond me.

To put it bluntly:

An unarmed black teenager was shot seven times by a white police officer, who got away with it. No justice was served.

Darren Wilson walks free, possibly a millionaire due to tax-exempt donations plus a six figure number for being interviewed by ABC.

Michael Brown is painted as a criminal and is demonized across the country.

This is the nation we live in.

Liberty and justice for all? No, only for the white man.