Global Context
Our fire project is seen across the world by it does not just happen in chicago where we live it happens everywhere. According to filmingcops.com “You want to know what’s happening around the world?The state-controlled US media won’t do it for you. They’ve been distracting you with celebrity “news” all week. A video that is now going viral in India has citizens over there alarmed that police brutality is on the rise. With no idea they were being filmed, these two police officers corner a boy and beat him with clubs over and over again. Then they steal the money from his pockets for their personal gain (in the US, police call this taxation). This is just not happening in India and Chicago it is also happening in Brazil since the world cup is going to be there they have reached a total of 3 billion wasted already in the stadiums. According to Donna Bowater 2014 “a 22-year-old student was shot after a confrontation with police, while a family of five — including a 4-year-old child — had to abandon their car when it caught fire from a burning mattress.” The police should of helped the family but instead they were arguing with the student because he was protesting.