Louis Head, the step-father of Michael Brown, is being investigated on the charge of inciting a riot. Michael Brown died when shot six times by officer Darren Wilson; Brown was unarmed. The riot that Louis Head may have provoked took place November 24th nearly two weeks after his step-son was killed. Riots have been taking place in Ferguson, Mo. after this Brown's death and many have been violent. More riots took place after Officer Darren Wilson was not indicted by a grand jury. Louis Head formally apologized for his actions of encouraging a riot stating that he let his emotions get the best of him and he was in the heat of the moment. he continues to say "to place blame solely on me for the conditions of our community, and country, after the grand jury decision goes way too far and is as wrong as the decision itself. To declare a state of emergency and send a message of war, and not peace, before a grand jury decision was announced is also wrong." The riots in Ferguson are to protest an injustice that has occurred and Head states that rioting does not truly represent their task well.
I believe that the people in Ferguson responded to the Michael Brown tragedy in a way that is not as effective as it should've been. Many riots are extremely violent and many more people are being hurt than just the Brown/Head family. However, I think that a great injustice has occurred and some sort of motion should be put in place because any citizen who is unarmed or has not acted to threaten the life of an officer cannot be robbed of his right to live. The action of Darren Wilson was extremely unjust and disproportion to any threat Michael Brown could have made that it is ludicrous that he was not indicted. The people in Ferguson want to assure that no injustice could happen again, but I am afraid that that message is too difficult to receive when they are responding violently and only hurting others unjustly.
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