How To Get Away With Murder

Race and identity factored into the fate of Mexico's Revolution because the natives fought against the powerful Spanish that had claimed their land. They felt as though the Spanish had stripped them of their rights and privileges and wanted to gain them back,  Their forces ultimately defeated the Spanish defence and enforced the document "Cry Of Dolores". This laid out all the regulations the people would have to live under with the new government established. To summarize the document, it laid out the rules of redistribution of land and how there would be racial equality for now on. This ultimately falls through as the people who were of Spanish descent were regarded as full Spaniards and anyone else had less rights in comparison. Mexico became a monarchy and followed the rules of the Catholic Church, who also had many privileges and were big influence. But, as long as the natives have complete control of what they do with their country, then everything was worth it to them.

In our world today, there are many cases of people being viewed as less due to race. The example that everyone is talking about at the moment is the controversy of Ferguson. As the article "Ferguson Burning After Grand Jury Announcement" on the USA Today website elaborates on the debate has been going on for over one hundred days; as though there was much to debate to begin with. A man named Michael Brown, who is black, was shot down walking back from his local gas station when officer Darren Wilson, who is white, proceeded to shoot him six times. 

Wilson claims this to be an act of self defense on his behalf, which most could view one shot as self defense. But he shot him six times and left him out on the street for four and a half hours, neglecting to call an ambulance. There were accusations of Michael Brown having committed petty theft at the gas station he went to (which was later proven wrong); but that still does not mean we as a nation should tolerate killing over petty theft. This was clearly an act of racism and should not be allowed to happen within the United States. Which is why everyone is upset of the grand jury's decision to not press charges on Darren Wilson. Protests all around the nation have erupted and the conditions of Ferguson have barely improved. The police continue to be brutal with the peaceful protesters firing rubber bullets and tear gas at pedestrians. It is clear to see that it does not take over one hundred days to serve justice, but rather it takes that amount of time to think of ways to justify inequality. 

Police Shooting Rubber Bullets At Protestors

Powerful image of  the town trying to mask of the racial injustice

Fires being put out due to the brutality 

There is something that people can do now to help make sure a horrible scene like this does not occur again. There is a petition on Change.org that encouraging the idea of making it a law for the police to wear body cameras. Sign the petition here . This way police cannot defend themselves because of their badge and we can clearly see what happened without any controversy. 

This is how race is still a predominant aspect of our lives. We try to believe that its in the past that nothing like that occurs anymore. Do not ignore what is happening; the only way to make a change is to acknowledge what is going on and spreading the word. This is how we have gotten to where we are today in equality for all so far. Just as the revolutions all across Latin America started, the first starting all the way in Mexico slowly spreading word that they had defeated the powerful rulers and won their independence. This sparked revolution after revolution across the South American continent. 

Citations:

Article and Pictures:

Yamiche Alcindor, Greg Toppo, Gary Strauss, and John Bacon. "Ferguson Burning after Grand Jury Announcement."USA Today. Gannett, 25 Nov. 2014. Web. 2 Dec. 2014. <http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/24/ferguson-grand-jury-deliberations/19474907/>.

Petiton:

Web. 2 Dec. 2014. <https://www.change.org/p/police-chief-jon-belmar-require-ferguson-and-st-louis-county-and-city-police-officers-to-wear-body-cameras?recruiter=187398846&utm_campaign=signature_