Ferguson

In August a police officer, Darren Wilson, shot and killed an unarmed black teenager. The grand jury spent three months reviewing the case and just recently announced that they will not be indicting the officer in question. An uproar exploded in the town of Ferguson, where the crime was committed, as well as New York City, Chicago and Oakland. There were riots, protesters, burglaries, and fires erupting in the streets. This one act has outraged the public.

As much as we would like to believe that racism isn't a factor in society anymore, we would be lying to ourselves. Even if it wasn't in the minds of the actual people in question, the reaction from the public proves otherwise. We have to realize, it has only been 50 years since segregation ended. It may not seem like it, but it is still a fresh subject in the grand scheme of things.

On the other hand, if you are saying that this incident was not race related, then it was a matter of policemen thinking that violence solves all problems. That because they have guns, it is always the answer. The amount of weapons that have increased in a matter of 50 years on officials is outrageous.

Either way you look at the problem, it has spiraled out of control. The country is falling apart further every time we "advance" in technology or politics. This one incident has just put that fact into he spot light so that everyone can see it. These protesters aren't there for the man who was killed, they are there because the see the change in society and they don't like it. This is just the people's scapegoat to show that they have had enough. If this didn't happen, something else would have triggered this reaction. This is just the beginning.