Escalate protests in the United States, toward excessive force, and the use of weapons is justified by the police. And has exacerbated the protests last decision of the jury, the city of St. Louis, who was acquitted in which the policeman "Darren Wilson," a young black murderer "Brown" in Ferguson, arguing that the officer acted in accordance with the powers given to him by law.
FBI data indicate that police kill about 400 people a year, in the killings she feels justified, while the figure has risen over the past year to 463 people, and a quarter of the dead were black Americans - who make up 14% of American society.
The same data indicate that two blacks are killed every week, under justifiable reasons, at the hands of white police officers.
The killing of the young man in the Ferguson hair that broke the camel's back is also considered, and sparked protests in the American States, because of the scarcity of open an investigation, or lawsuits in killings against black citizens, to some extent can deny the existence of investigations in this regard.
It was not the killing of a young Brown is the first of its kind, where already the police in 1992, beating a young black "Rodney King" until death, and caused the acquittal of police officers later the outbreak of mass uprising lasted six days, killing 53 people and injuring thousands, and the occurrence of huge material losses, exceeded one billion dollars.
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