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Can someone check if Michael Brown story is true....

There has always definite palpable tension between police and Africans Americans communities. In the article, "Journal of Criminal Law" by Brian D. Johnson (n.d) illustrates, a major contributing factor to this tension is the astonishing contrast in the number of deaths resulting from police intervention of black versus white people. While tension exists, it is not impossible for police to create and foster a positive relationship with black communities. (Johnson). According to, Blackstone, Cowart & Saunders (2014), one example of an African American shooting result from a white police officer Darren Wilson that viral in social media was the case of Michael Brown which is known as Ferguson. The "victim" Michael Brown was not carrying any weapon in the night of the shooting but he was part of a protest that took place that same night where the protester were destroying property and businesses. Ferguson was struggling with Wilson since he assaults the police officer. While the struggle Brown tried to grab Wilson gun and by accident fire it. As the author states, Brown was shot six times. Wilson was not charged by the accident that occur but civil cases are still up coming from the US Justice Department from able to civil rights violations (Blackstone, Cowart & Saunders,2014). Every arrest or shooting that results from killing an African American the society will view the case as discrimination from the officer. Police officers have to keep fighting for not having to see them as "bad people" and "racial people" there are many deaths from Africans Americans but as well from Whites (Johnson, n.d). Law enforcement have changed how an African American community think about them by communicating through social media their arrests and all the harsh moment they go through with everyone. The society should stop on believing everything the news and media say about every topic. People get influence about other people's perspectives and peer pressures are a big factor on the way people think and act.