Violence Is Defined As The Abusive Use Of Force

The shooting occurred at the Fruitvale train station on January 1st, 2009. At the station, a fight broke out in one of the trains and when the train stopped the fight started again outside of the train at one of the stops. While they were fighting on the train the BART officers were called. The officers came and arrested everyone that was in the fight. A guy named Oscar Grant was in the fight and was also arrested (Meyer). While Grant was being arrested by Officer Mehserle, he resisted the officer’s attempts. Since Grant was resisting he was pushed onto the ground on his stomach to be handcuffed. Johannes Mehserle was having trouble handcuffing Grant so the other BART officers helped him. When Grant was on the ground Mehserle was going to tase him since he would not stop resisting. When Mehserle thought he pulled out his TASER, he instead pulled out his gun. Mehserle accidentally shot Grant with his gun since he thought he pulled out his TASER (Bulwa).

Many people believe that Officer Darren Wilson made the right decision when he fatally shot Michael Brown because he feared for his life. In a report by Rachel Clark and Christopher Lett, CNN reporters, they describe the incident that led to the shooting began when Wilson left the scene of a sick call and encountered Michael Brown with his friend Dorian Johnson walking in the middle of the

9 shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old who had scuffled with Ferguson officer Darren Wilson, came just a few weeks after Eric Garner — an unarmed black man accused of illegally selling cigarettes — died in a struggle with white New York City officers. Garner’s death was captured by an onlooker’s video. Brown’s was not, and word quickly spread that he had been shot while surrendering with his hands up — an assertion uncorroborated by state and federal investigations.

Brown was unarmed and running away after the police stopped him and pulled a gun out for no apparent reason. The police pulled up next to him when and told him to “get the fuck on the ground”, words that shouldn't be needed if the teen wasn't doing anything wrong at the moment. Michael's friend, Dorian Johnson, recounted all the events of the day Brown was killed by the Ferguson police in an interview with MSNBC. Johnson was very close to Brown when the initial shot were fired off. The police say that the reason Brown was shot was because he tried to forcibly take the gun fro mthe officer, but Dorian says otherwise. According to Dorian, he had just met up with Brown and the two were walking to Johnson’s house and as they were nearly there, Johnson realized they were being tailed by a cop who ordered them to “get the fuck on the ground” to which Johnson replied saying they were almost where they were going. The officer then backed up and almost hit the two teens, and said “what did you say?” and tried to slam opened the door, but instead hit Brown and closed. The officer proceeded to grab Brown by the neck which Brown struggled to release the grip. This is what the officers say was the struggle for the gun by Michael and the officer. Johnson saw that the cop was reaching for something, but at first thought it was a stun gun until he saw the muzzle and had it pointed at

2014: Two years after the death of Trayvon Martin, the world was introduced to Michael Brown, a Ferguson, Missouri Black native who had just become the next victim of a fatal officer involved shooting. In the early morning of August 9, 2014, the 18 year old man was said to be involved in a strong arm robbery of a convenience store. Officer Darren Wilson received the alert from the police dispatch and quickly surveyed the neighborhood until finding a walker who fit the victim’s description. The officer confronted the man, which was indeed Michael Brown, and continued to use aggressive tactics when questioning him. It is still unclear as to what transpired from the time the officer arrived to the ending result, but video from a bystander shows

The incident happened August 9th, 2014. Wilson stopped Brown due to him matching a robbery suspect description. At some point during the detainment a struggle ensued, which resulted in Brown attempting to grab Wilson’s firearm. Wilson then fired one or two rounds through the door striking Brown. Officer Wilson then gave pursuit on foot and ordered Brown to stop. Brown attempted to charge Wilson at which time Wilson fired multiple shots fatally wounding Brown. Criminal investigation deemed that Wilson’s actions were in self-defense. Also noted Brown did assault Wilson, and DNA evidence showed Brown grabbed Wilson’s weapon. An incident as such can bring lawsuits against the officer or officers

An entire town, an entire nation, an entire world was left to speculate. Who was right? Who was wrong? Was the officer threatened? Was Michael Brown wrongfully attacked from the beginning? Had Officer Wilson been wearing a body camera or had he deployed a dashboard camera, we would then have the beginning of the story, as well as the tragic end.

On August 9, 2014 a white male police officer named Darren Wilson fatally shot an African-American male named Michael Brown to death in Ferguson, MO. An investigation was immediately launched through the collection of evidence from the crime scene, an autopsy of Michael Brown’s body, and interviews with witnesses. For several months following the shooting and after the Grand Jury met, there was immense public speculation over whether Officer Wilson justifiably shot in self-defense or in racially motivated cold blooded murder. The ballistic evidence collected from the crime scene and from the autopsy corroborated Wilson’s story that he was justified in what transpired that fateful afternoon.

Michael Brown, an unarmed black male was shot and killed by white police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014. According to a report issued by the Department of Justice, Shortly before the shooting, Brown stole several packages of cigars with his friend Dorian Johnson, from a nearby convenience store and shoved the store clerk who tried to stop him. Police officer Wilson had been notified by radio of the robbery and given descriptions of the two suspects. Brown, eighteen at the time, and his friend were walking down the middle of a city street when Officer Wilson arrived on the scene and stopped them. He ordered the pair to walk on the sidewalk, but the two refused to do so. Though details of the events that followed

Michael Brown was an unarmed black man while Darren Wilson is a white police officer. Cases where police officers shoot citizens has happened before, yet this case has drawn attention from the world because the officer is white, and the victim is a black man. Brown’s supporters believe that Wilson shot Brown because he is black, but police have different stories about the shooting accident. People in Ferguson protests and demand the truth when there is not enough evidence to confirm which side is true. In the case of Michael Brown’s shooting accident, there was no racial discrimination in the case because Wilson was doing his job as a police officer and has not violated any of the laws.

The summer of 2014 in Ferguson M.O. there was a black teenager by the name of Michael Brown. Brown was shot by a white police officer at the end of that summer. When Brown was shot this caused a worldwide debate between a person's race and the policing that is done in America. After the occurrence of this shooting tensions ran high in Ferguson when it comes to race. According to BBC News, from the time that officer Darren Wilson confronted Brown, it only took three minutes from the confrontation to when backup came and found Brown dead. At the time of the shooting Dorian Johnson who was a friend of Brown’s and was there. Johnson said that everything started at the window of the police car. An unnamed witness said that officer Wilson tried to get out of his car but was pushed back in and punched. Wilson reached for his gun, and Brown grabbed it from him. This is what caused the gun to go off inside the car. She said that when Brown ran off he turned around to taunt Wilson when he was told to freeze. Brown then started to run at full speed toward Wilson, and that was when he was shot dead. The unnamed witness’s story matches the one that officer Wilson gave in front of the St. Louis grand

Brown’s death with streams of violence by smashing store front windows carrying away looted goods from the store, smashing car windows, standing on top of the police vehicle taunting police Officers, Molotov cocktails and other object was lobbed at the police causing the Officers to respond with tear gas, and smoke bomb. All those events were seen around the world on live television and social media outlets.

The shooting of African American teenager Michael Brown by white officer Darren Wilson has been a hot topic of debate. Those in support of Michael Brown believe that Darren Wilson racially profiled Brown and that the shooting would have never occurred had Brown been white. Those in support of Darren Wilson state that he acted in self-defense. This argument has more evidence supporting it than the argument that Brown was racially profiled.

Teen Violence is a big dilemma in today’s society. Violent behaviors usually start from family and peers, as well as teens observing it at there neighborhoods or communities. These behaviors are reinforced by what youth see on television, on the Internet, in video games, movies, music videos, and what they hear in their music. When children are disciplined with severe corporal punishment or verbal abuse, or when they are physically or sexually abused, or when they witness such behavior in their home, it is not surprising that they behave violently toward others. Teen Violence has had such an impact in our youth today that it leads many destructive things and that’s why we have so much violence today.

Initially, I classified “violence” into two categories: physical violence and mental violence. My definition for physical violence was, actions that cause damages or harms to things or people physically; my definition for mental violence was, mental destruction or harm. I defined violence this way because I believe that no matter by what means, mental or physical, if something or someone has been harmed, then it is regarded as violence. Such as destructing public properties, insulting others on a daily basis, and murdering.