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What current world issue do you feel is most important or critical? Why is this a global issue?

Throughout the United States there are many different current global issues that effect the world, however there is one in particular that I feel is very critical and important. One issue that is becoming more of an upcoming problem in today’s society is racial profiling. In some of the big cities such as St.Louis and New York many people have been facing this issue. Two incidents in particular is the Ferguson shooting of Michael Brown and The killing of a Staten Island man by a police officer. The Ferguson shooting was taken seriously and caused many people to question racial profiling. While Michael Brown was a black teenager the killer happened to be a male, white police officer. This caused many people to have different opinions on whether or not Brown was killed do to his race. Brown was suspected to have done nothing wrong to Officer Wilson and it came to the conclusion that Brown was shot for no apparent reason. As this case continued to be seen through the government, many things didn't make sense to why Brown had been shot 12 times. Many people have came to the conclusion that Officer Wilson wanted Brown dead. No one really knows why this may be the case. Earlier before Brown was killed, he was seen causing a problem in a local liquor store. Once Brown arrived at the scene he should have addressed the situation in a better way however he chose not too. Aside from the Ferguson situation, there was similar situation just a month later. A black Staten Island man was killed by a white police officer due to an illegal head lock. Eric Garner a black man was killed by Daniel Pantaleo by putting him in a chokehold that prevented him from breathing. The New York City Police Department doesn't allow chokeholds which makes this incident suspicious. Garner was

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