Sharpeville Sources Question

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Sharpeville Sources Question

1a:

Sources A + B both describe events that took part in Sharpeville. Both sources describe actions taken by the police who were armed in Saracens. Both sources also describe that there were huge number of African people shouting in part of their actions in their demonstrations.

1b:

Although sources A + B both describe events that took place in Sharpeville, they also differ slightly. In source A it is reported that the black people were greeting the police on the Saracens with grinning and cheerful, yet in source B, the report states the people were very violent and vented their feelings violently. In source A, it mentions a reporter being present at the scene, yet there is no mention of a reported in source B. The feeling in the two sources/reports also differs. Source A is backing the blacks and source B is backing the whites. Source A quotes "A constable shoved his rifle against my windshield, another pointing his rifle at my chest" this is where two heavily handed police officers force a black man out of his car. Source B quotes "soon the police station was virtually