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Ferguson ((Citizenship (Defined as the struggle for equality) mirror…

- - - - The article "Eighty Years of Ferguson" parallels today's climate and the one of the Civil Right's Movement. He defends the outburst of violence in Ferguson by blaming police for escalation and providing historical examples, like the riot after the attempted King bombing, and other riots that got results making legislation happen.
  - - - being black because your skin color reflects what you really are in society, being black means that you can not have hands in your pockets, no playing music, no sudden movements, no driving your car, no walking at night, no walking at day, no turning on to the street, no entering this building, no standing your ground, no standing here, no standing there, no talking black, no playing with toy guns and no living while your black.
        
        What both Luther and Rankine wanna get across is the idea of the self fulfilling prophecy. If you treat someone as worthless, eventually they will start to believe it.
- - - - Far more radical than BLM. Founded in 1966 they were a "Party for self defense". They fought for things like reparations and equality, also pushing forward ideas like black exemption from military.
    - - They do not hate cops
        
        The movement is not just for black people. The movement wants to see a more equal society for all. The black lives matters name infers a too at the end, meaning that all lives matter, black lives have just been at heightned risk and the movement's name serves as reminder
        
        "We affirm the lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, undocumented folks, folks with records, women, and all Black lives along the gender spectrum. Our network centers those who have been marginalized within Black liberation movements."
        This is from the BLM about us page, and I think it serves to show the inclusiveness of their movement
    - - The BLM movement is lead by female organizers. This not only makes the focus of BLM a racial focus, but also because of the leadership, they have come to represent black females and black members of the LGBTQ community.
- - - - Wilson reports there was a struggle where Brown tried to grab his gun, and then later on charged him
        
        Witness claims that Wilson grabbed Brown by the neck and when Brown fled, he shot
        
        Either way Michael Brown is dead
        
        He was an unarmed, innocent 18 year old and he's dead
        
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      - "He looked like a demon" - Officer Darren Wilson
        
        "In other words he was not afforded the status of human" - Ransby