Justice

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JUSTICE ​

Recently a big story has drawn my attention, the story with Michael Brown and the police in Ferguson. The real big issue is police officers are supposed to protect but it seems they are killing innocent, young black men and are getting away with it. I do not agree with any of it atall. This has been going on for too long and nothing has been done about it. Back in 2009 Oscar Grant was unarmed and shot by the BART police and the officer only served about a year in jail and he was released. Not everyone heard about the tragedy but a ton of people were upset and they protested and fought for justice but nothing was done. Allegedlly the NAACP put up a fight to give justice served but the officer was charged with less than murder.

A few years later a young African American male named Trayvon Martin was shot by a neighborhood watched guard and he died. The neighborhood watched guard said it was self defense but Trayvon was unarmed and was walking home. The guard was sentence to a few years and was released early. In these two situations all they had was few years behind bars. Justice wasn't being served. Some people protested while others showed their anger byvandalizing/fighting. However although I haven’t seen much change his family started a foundation in education the youth and getting them involved in their community.

How many young innocent African American men have to be killed in order for justice to be served? The killings of these young men are not helping anything but increasing the number of deaths of young African Americans.  I realized that every time a situation like this came up, the same reaction came out. I thought what if the people who have a problem with it approach it a different way? Fights, threats, and vandalism do not prove a point. Stopping it before it happens again is what they needto keep in mind. After a few months go past people tend to forget about it, that’s where they messed up at. Actions speak louder than words. When Michael Brown was killed many were upset and angry. I seen all types of post on Instagram and Twitter, but just by posting doesn’t change anything.

Seeing all these protest and no progress must mean it is not working. I wonder what the government does to make a change. I haven’t seen any change. I feel just because they are police officers they seem to get different rights. Let’s switch it around; if it was a Black man shooting a White man, the Black man would most likely be looking at life in prison. As stated by FAU researcher in the Huffpost Miami the number one cause of death for African American males for ages 15-34 years old is homicide.

 

This chart compares all the races and whats the leading cause of death between homicide, accidents, and suicide.

It seem like racism still exist or justice isn’t being served. Even if it was the other way around and Black people were getting away with shooting I still wouldn’t agree with it. Nobody has the right to take someone else’s life away especially if the victim is unarmed and innocent.There is so much injustice and people have the right to make the right choice but decide not to. I do not believe in harming another person but I do believe everyone needs to be treated equally no matter what the characteristics of that person is and his/her background. My point is everyone is human and no one is greater than anyone else.