Ferguson shootings: Debate on race relations reignites in US
- 9 years ago
Fifty years after the historic Selma to Montgomery marches, the debate on race relations in the US has flared up once again.
A few dozen demonstrators had gathered in the area outside the Ferguson Police Department after police chief Thomas Jackson announced he would be resigning.
While it remains unclear whether or not the shooter of the two police officers was among those protesting, the town has been the scene of protests since August 2014.
On August 9, unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
Nationwide demonstrations have taken place under the slogan #BlackLivesMatter, following a jury’s decision not to charge Officer Darren Wilson over Brown’s death.
Madison #BlackLivesMatter marchers head toward Gov Scott Walker's mansion in Maple Bluff. @WiscJobsNow #TonyRobinson
pic.twitter.com/7ShAVvISYb— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) March 11, 2015
Police Chief Thomas Jackson resigns
Chief Jackson’s depart
A few dozen demonstrators had gathered in the area outside the Ferguson Police Department after police chief Thomas Jackson announced he would be resigning.
While it remains unclear whether or not the shooter of the two police officers was among those protesting, the town has been the scene of protests since August 2014.
On August 9, unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
Nationwide demonstrations have taken place under the slogan #BlackLivesMatter, following a jury’s decision not to charge Officer Darren Wilson over Brown’s death.
Madison #BlackLivesMatter marchers head toward Gov Scott Walker's mansion in Maple Bluff. @WiscJobsNow #TonyRobinson
pic.twitter.com/7ShAVvISYb— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) March 11, 2015
Police Chief Thomas Jackson resigns
Chief Jackson’s depart