Michael Brown Federal Autopsy

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The release of Michael Brown's federal autopsy seemed relevant to this class for a number of reasons.
1. The purpose of an autopsy is to use the human body to gather evidence about how and why someone died.
2. Michael Brown's death is connected to the racial and equality issues we have discussed this semester.
3. I think, most interestingly, the fact that this is the third autopsy report that has been released. Three reports, which are supposed to be based on fact. Why would you need three of something that is purely documenting the facts? Also, was it really any question how he died? It's interesting how the gathering of evidence is adapted based on the situation. And an autopsy, intended primarily to find the cause of death, starts to become used to try and fill out all of the aspects of the situation, like by looking at bruises and locations of injuries to try to put together a more accurate story of what happened.

Posted by Briana Lynch