Did you know that police brutality affects the upper north part of the city of chicago in a very massive way ?The color of someone’s skin scaring you because it’s a little dark to the point where you feel like you have to take action and possibly even harm them that I will never be able to understand . I have always wondered does it make them feel good . Does it make you feel good ?
According to ssamagazine.com they have stated that, “The black race is targeted more than any other culture.” I supported this article by stating that looking at the population today I can tell that something is a little off. If i can name a list of black males that were either the age of 20 or younger who were shot and killed or who died from police brutality i could tell just by looking at those pages of lists who’s targeted more it’s horrible. I can relate to the racial issue in this part when I shouldn’t be able to me and my siblings would go to the mall and walk around and touch little toys and look at things like everybody else, however the store owners and managers would stop what they were doing just to watch and see what we were doing so that we wouldn’t “steal” anything . It actually hurts knowing that you can be profiled just for being in the skin you were born into it’s also judging a book by it’s cover which isn’t right at all !
Ssor.org stated that, “Mostly african americans are killed most from being profiled while unarmed.” My response to that was that I wasn’t surprised at all because when I was researching I saw tons of angry and sad remarks about a loved one they had and lost to police brutality most were very young and died because of the way he or she looked , most protested with words on their posters like “This is not right ” or ” we will get justice ” , also ” He or She was unarmed ” . With all this being said I can stand to say that I don’t like this at all because it Is not fair, and it is not right and justice should be served I hate that when I want to go somewhere with my family and it’s a very nice store or high priced people make assumptions on if were going to steal , or if we can afford it . I have always wondered why can’t we do the things that other people do and have money like everyone else just because were black .
From http://www.usatoday.com i know that “today they are still damaging the mental health of black culture “. My opinion on this topic was why ? why does it feel good to put somebody else down how does it even feel right to make an individual feel uncomfortable in their own skin is always what wanders my mind . For example I was in the car with a couple of friends and we already felt off ease because their was a police car alongside and we did not know what they were trying to do eventually they pulled us over and literally never told us why but we did as told anyway because we didn’t want any incidents. (we already knew what would happen a unarmed black kid dies and the cop gets off easy because it was ” self defense “. ) So we pulled over and they asked a lot of questions shuffled a little bit and they noticed my friend had a bunch of money in his pockets and decided to ask “Where’d you get all that money are you selling drugs “. I was definitely confused as to why that was even appropriate to ask .
I urge you to take charge take a stand for those who wont. Some people are scared but you can be the leader. You can focus everyone’s attention on this situation so we can get the justice and equality that we deserve because if we do not put a stop to this now no telling how the future will end up .
