The descriptions of these riots have uncannily similar to recent riots that have happened in Ferguson Missouri and Florida. These riots are very much similar to the riots in the 60’s because many police officers are making unfair arrests, inaccurate accusations, saying racial statements, etc.
Ferguson is a city known for the riots that happened in 2014 over the death of the young man named in the picture above, Michael Brown. He had just left a convenience store after stealing some items when a police officer called to the scene came up and shot him. The whole incident is controversial because according to New York Times, the police officer, Darren Wilson, claimed to shoot in self-defense because Brown was charging after him He was not armed and in this picture shown below, shows the scene of the crime. There were 12 bullet casings found. This means that Wilson attempted to shoot Brown 12 times. Brown was shot about six times, two in the head. Below shows the report of the bullet wounds found on Michael Brown.