Saturday, November 29, 2014
Ferguson
Thinking about the events that happened on Monday with the Ferguson case being overturned and the officer not being indicted effected people in a good and bad way. Many people it was a race factor that affected the decision and some disagreed. I've noticed since the case was overturned that everyone is either divided racially or together mentally. So let me briefly describe the case and you tell me what you think. Michael brown and his friend were walking down a street after he stole some cigarillos from a convenience store. Darren Wilson a white police officer arrived at the boys location and told them to move to the sidewalk. An altercation occurred in the Darren Wilson's police car and a shot was fired but Michael brown got out of the car started running away in the opposite direction. Twelve shots was fired and only six but killed by the last fired shot. Witnesses reported that Michael Brown had his hands up when Officer Wilson came closer to fire the remaining shots. So do you think this situation is justified or not? Please answer this question in a philosophical way and use the current philosophers to answer as well. What would Sartre, Nietzsche, or Marx say and react to this situation? Would you riot or protest like those all over the country or quietly disagree with the methods used?
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For this particular case I will have to stand in Kant's moral philosophy. Many people have argued whether it was right or wrong to shoot Michael Brown based on the previous incidents that occurred the day of the shooting. For the most part all we have gotten is angry mobs of people that are for or against this case; as a result the nation is divided into fractions of disagreement. My thoughts on this case stand with Kant because the simple act of killing a human being is immoral. Those against this issue would probably say, "well he deserved it, he was going to attacked the police officer... the officer was just defending himself..". My answer goes in accordance with Kant's "did he hurt the officer in any lethal way?" I mean there is no possible way that we can predict the future to be sure that Brown would have actually killed the officer. Besides, is 12 shots really necessary to defend yourself? By all means, I strong agree with Kant in that what the officer did was immorally wrong regardless of the circumstances he was in.
ReplyDeleteI agree. It is just the injustice of the whole issue. Why does a police have to use deadly force when it is obvious a person is giving up and being totally compliant. They are taking the protect and serve motive a little to far to where they are like a small inner city military. I really think that it is uncalled for. It is not all police officers that are bad though its just the ones who have a bad judgement who give them a bad rap right now.
ReplyDeleteCJ, As I was saying earlier some police officers aren't the bad guys but most of them are. Some police profile different minorities just for the heck of it and can get away with almost anything. Why do we pay and vote for these people to hold positions knowing that they don't have our best interest at heart? But cases like this have been going on for years and no one is doing anything about it. That's why we have to find a better way of getting a solution because burning down business isn't helping but hurting people.
DeleteMartiza, I agree with you completely but because the young man isn't living then we don't have all of the facts so now is pretty much he say she say. I believe that some police officers profile different races just because they believe that minorities are more prone to do wrong. Also, it was morally wrong to shoot twelve times at the boy and why couldn't he shoot him once in a leg or something instead? I believe the homicide was intentional because as the boy was running away from the officer and the police kept trying to get closer to him to shoot him those several times. I think if someone was severely harming a police officer then you do whatever it takes to protect your life but I think this officer wasn't trained well for this type of incident. My philosopher would be Nietzsche, the police saw an opportunity to take control of a seemed to be weak individual and he to advantage of the opportunity.
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