Civil Disobedience

Thoreau wrote "Civil Disobedience" to discuss the issues within the government and explained why people do not need to involve themselves in something so unjust. Up to this day, people are fighting for justice for a number of issues, but racism and police brutality has been brought to many people's attention recently.
After a black 18 year old, Mike Brown was fatally shot  by a white police officer in Ferguson, much of the black community fought for justice, as they saw the incident as racist and unjust since the officer who shot him, was not charged. Brown's death caused mass unrest as people rioted in the streets of Ferguson and protested all over the country. The incident trended on social media for weeks.
Although Brown was not necessarily as innocent as the media had portrayed him for much of this time, his death still sparked civil disobedience within minority groups, as he stood as a symbol for others who suffered a similar fate (likely more innocently).
It is a fact that more blacks are killed in gun violence than whites every year, which shows that something within the American government is corrupt. "Civil Disobedience" discusses the corruption in the government, as it talks a lot about slavery. Thoreau's ideas on this subject strongly tie to the Ferguson Protests today, as people are demonstrating his ideas by not putting up with injustice and not participating with the government to create change.