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Michael Brown's Controversy: A Case Study

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In the events following the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri sparked huge controversy within the country. By allowing people to demonstrate peacefully helped people to convey their feelings upon the situation at large, freedom of speech to influence policy makers to take note and make changes. If these demonstrations are not handled appropriately by police can turn into violence which is a gateway into looting. After individuals choice to commit civil disobedience which is stated by Pollack (2017) as “the voluntary disobedience of established laws based on one’s moral beliefs” (p. 79). An individual is standing up for what they believe is morally right in society. This is where police have to tread lightly and use their

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