Executive Summary: Racism In The Criminal Justice System
Samuel Bell
Frye
December 12, 2014
In the United States most people do not see racism in the criminal justice system as a major issue. That’s because the majority of citizens in this country aren’t involved with our criminal justice system, which is a good thing. There are also a lot of people that are involved with our criminal justice system for good and bad reasons. Throughout the history of this country racism has always been a major issue, and still is today on some terms, but if you were to get law enforcement involved, I believe there would be many different opinions. When it comes to racism and any issue people in this country could go on forever with their opinions about who is right and who is wrong. The big question being asked …show more content…
Student believe the response was an example of racial profiling. To raise awareness about the incident, some videos have been circulating on social media. The LAPD say the riot squad was called after beer bottles were thrown, the students say not one bottle was thrown and they have video proof that isn’t true. The LAPD told the student paper, Neon Tommy that it responded to a noise complaint at about 2 a.m. Saturday by asking the DJ to turn off the amplified sound. The DJ complied, but when he began using the microphone, the officers shut down the party. The LAPD said they called the riot squad when students resisted leaving and bottles were thrown at officers. Six students were arrested, and one LAPD officer was hospitalized for minor injuries, according to Neon Tommy. One of the African-American students at the party, Lamar Gary, posted two videos on YouTube that were quickly spread on Facebook and Twitter. The one below has almost 98,000 views. This is footage of a normal college party which happens to be African Americans, showing that the party was being broken up and students were leaving but the riot squad still used force. It is said that if this was an all-white party, only one police car would’ve arrived to tell them to turn the music down. These are cases of major issues having to do with racism in the criminal justice system. If someone who did not know many facts on the situation were to read those issues they would lean more towards the thought of our criminal justice system being racist. There are also many things that our criminal justice system does to show they’re not racist! The first example shows that not all cops are racist towards African Americans, this shows there are still people who care about everyone no matter what race they
Frye
December 12, 2014
In the United States most people do not see racism in the criminal justice system as a major issue. That’s because the majority of citizens in this country aren’t involved with our criminal justice system, which is a good thing. There are also a lot of people that are involved with our criminal justice system for good and bad reasons. Throughout the history of this country racism has always been a major issue, and still is today on some terms, but if you were to get law enforcement involved, I believe there would be many different opinions. When it comes to racism and any issue people in this country could go on forever with their opinions about who is right and who is wrong. The big question being asked …show more content…
Student believe the response was an example of racial profiling. To raise awareness about the incident, some videos have been circulating on social media. The LAPD say the riot squad was called after beer bottles were thrown, the students say not one bottle was thrown and they have video proof that isn’t true. The LAPD told the student paper, Neon Tommy that it responded to a noise complaint at about 2 a.m. Saturday by asking the DJ to turn off the amplified sound. The DJ complied, but when he began using the microphone, the officers shut down the party. The LAPD said they called the riot squad when students resisted leaving and bottles were thrown at officers. Six students were arrested, and one LAPD officer was hospitalized for minor injuries, according to Neon Tommy. One of the African-American students at the party, Lamar Gary, posted two videos on YouTube that were quickly spread on Facebook and Twitter. The one below has almost 98,000 views. This is footage of a normal college party which happens to be African Americans, showing that the party was being broken up and students were leaving but the riot squad still used force. It is said that if this was an all-white party, only one police car would’ve arrived to tell them to turn the music down. These are cases of major issues having to do with racism in the criminal justice system. If someone who did not know many facts on the situation were to read those issues they would lean more towards the thought of our criminal justice system being racist. There are also many things that our criminal justice system does to show they’re not racist! The first example shows that not all cops are racist towards African Americans, this shows there are still people who care about everyone no matter what race they