London riots 2011

Ferguson unrest 2014

After the shooting of 18 year old Michael Brown in August 2014 riots and civil unrest occurred in Ferguson Missouri. The riots sparked the debates of the police brutality towards minorities and the other issues due to stereotyping and discrimination.

Police started curfews and deployed riot squads to quiet down the riots. The media reports were world wide, reporting looting and violent protests especially after the grand jury did not convict the shooter officer wilson. The us department of justice concluded that wilson shot in self defense.

Time magazine argued that “blacks in this country are more apt to riot because they are one of the populations here who need to,”