MUS 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Talib Kweli, Ferguson Police Department (Missouri), Ferguson Unrest
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Uses beat from beasie boys" paul revere (1976) Included phone number for district atorney (way you can help / call-to-acion) Works w/ young working class kids of color to understand how media works and get poliical power. Michael brown (18 y/o black teen) shot & killed; body let in street for 4 hours (crowds start showing up near body) Press conference for st. louis county police & demonstraion near makeshit memorial; violence near local businesses (looing) & heavy response from police in riot gear. Governor nixon declares state of emergency in ferguson. Grand jury convenes to determine weather darren wilson should be criminally charged in death of michael brown. The game, don"t shoot (released on aug 27, 2014) Marin luther king, as peaceful as he was, i think he agreed with no jusice, no. We"re geing killed out here in these streets. We cannot aford to put peace above jusice.