Prezi Presentation on Mass Incarceration
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Social Media Campaign
The following slides use hashtags as a method of communication and sharing on various social media platforms.
Opinionated Letter to the Editor
Dear Denver Post,
Since the disappearance of the Green family in 2002 following the death of a local high school student, our town has created many stories of explanation. Maybe the same cops who shot the boy shot and hid the bodies of the family? Maybe they fled in the wake of the arrest warrant of the cops for safety? Maybe our town is at fault for not protecting them? Regardless, the Green family is gone because of what happened to that boy.
Now, in 2014, we have a similar scenario. The shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO has resulted in protests, riots, and etcetera. We, too, had a rally or two and a protest, but who was talking about us?
It’s said that Ferguson is 67 percent black, while its police force is more than 90 percent white. But according to the census, whites comprise 77 percent of the United States and blacks or African Americans represent 11 percent of the population. Even if the majority of the police force in Ferguson and in our town, it still reflects the numbers nationwide. Why is Ferguson the example we look to for policing issues? Are there real issues?
The rage in the air that we felt in 2002 can now be felt across the nation. People in Syria were even tweeting us tips for how to avoid the mal-effects of teargas. If you ask me, it’s the media advances since 2002 that have changed the social climate in response to racial injustice.
But because of the media, Ferguson has blown out of proportion. Even though our town did not get much national attention, the two cops who shot the boy were punished for their crime. Shouldn’t we trust that Ferguson will do the same? The media has instigated the riots and the confusion within the police force. Without the media, the riots would not have happened. No one would have been watching. No one would have been witnessing.
Since the disappearance of the Green family in 2002 following the death of a local high school student, our town has created many stories of explanation. Maybe the same cops who shot the boy shot and hid the bodies of the family? Maybe they fled in the wake of the arrest warrant of the cops for safety? Maybe our town is at fault for not protecting them? Regardless, the Green family is gone because of what happened to that boy.
Now, in 2014, we have a similar scenario. The shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO has resulted in protests, riots, and etcetera. We, too, had a rally or two and a protest, but who was talking about us?
It’s said that Ferguson is 67 percent black, while its police force is more than 90 percent white. But according to the census, whites comprise 77 percent of the United States and blacks or African Americans represent 11 percent of the population. Even if the majority of the police force in Ferguson and in our town, it still reflects the numbers nationwide. Why is Ferguson the example we look to for policing issues? Are there real issues?
The rage in the air that we felt in 2002 can now be felt across the nation. People in Syria were even tweeting us tips for how to avoid the mal-effects of teargas. If you ask me, it’s the media advances since 2002 that have changed the social climate in response to racial injustice.
But because of the media, Ferguson has blown out of proportion. Even though our town did not get much national attention, the two cops who shot the boy were punished for their crime. Shouldn’t we trust that Ferguson will do the same? The media has instigated the riots and the confusion within the police force. Without the media, the riots would not have happened. No one would have been watching. No one would have been witnessing.