The grand jury decision to spare the police officer in the case of Ferguson has sparked mass protests across the United States. The government, however, has been ready, sending hundreds of security forces, armed as if they were going to war, against the enraged crowds. Why has the death of Michael Brown and impunity of the police brought up such a massive outrage? How deeply- rooted is the problem of police brutality in American society? And why are police so eager to shoot and kill? We ask these questions to the President of Communities United Against Police Brutality, Michelle Gross, on Sophie&Co day.
