Title: Shooting of Michael Brown: Expert Opinion and Grand Jury Verdict

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You have been contacted by a local media service to provide an expert opinion on the shooting an unarmed African-American teen by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri as well as the grand jury verdict. In your response, be sure to use at least one theoretical perspective to justify your stance and be sure to focus on where you believe the real focus should be in the Michael Brown case. For this answer be sure to address the shooting, the grand jury result, and what as an expert you believe should be the focus of the case. Is it Michael Brown’s behavior and the fall of the family? Is it racism and the criminal justice system? Is it the law that has been written so cases that involve “self-defense” may not actually go to trial? Is it something else?

Word count (answers only): 1,504 (5 pages)