Eric Garner We have heard a lot about criminals who have gotten shot by the police, but we haven’t heard of a case where police officer killed innocent man to death, except in the case of Eric Garner. Eric Garner’s case sparked about institutional racism in America’s criminal justice system because he was killed for minor crime and the grand jury didn’t indict the officer. First of all, Eric garner was unarmed when he was caught by the police. The police used physical force even though Garner had nothing to defend himself with and he didn’t try to escape. According to reporter Judith Browne Dianis (Msnbc.com), “On the day of his death, bystanders say Garner was breaking up a fight when he caught the eye of the police.” This shows that the officers noticed Garner because of the fight. Garner get into …show more content…
It seems like the grand juries are siding with police when it comes to court cases. According to a study by the Houston Chronicle, “Grand juries in Harris County, Texas, haven't indicted a police officer in a decade, and grand juries in Dallas looked at 81 possible cases of police criminality between 2008 and 2012 and indicted only one police officer.” (Patrik Jonsson page 1-2). It seems more citizens’ particularly African Americans, are dying because of police shootings or physical violence. More police to be getting away with felonies. The lives of many like Eric Garner are taken away without something in return. In addition, experts say “In places like Staten Island, the pool of grand jurors, polls show, have more respect for police officers than in other boroughs, and may themselves be prejudicial. And leeway for police officers comes out of a deeply held social compact.” (Patrik Jonsson page 2). Different places have high respect for the police this may be why it was hard for the grand jury to indict officer
Can you imagine being convicted of first degree murder at only 17 years of age? Adnan Syed couldn't believe it either. In fact he was mortified when they charged him of brutally suffocating, his ex-girlfriend Hea Min Lee, to death. Adnan Syed was a pawn that the Baltimore detectives played with, a mere dupe to cast off as the true killer. Syed is like many Americans, he was never granted a fair trial. There is some actors that make Syed guilty, but perhaps it was just pure coincidence that got Adan wrapped up in this whole mess. One simply can't overlook the major factors that make him innocent enough to grant him a second trial. Adan has spent half of his life in prison, due to a wrongful conviction that happened many
Emmett Till Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy visiting Money,Mississippi from Chicago, Illinois in 1955. He whistled, flirted, and touched a white woman who was working at a store where Emmett Till was purchasing bubble gum. A day later Till was abducted at gunpoint from his great uncle’s house. 3 days after that Till’s body was found, unrecognizable other than a ring he had on. He was unprepared for the intense segregation of Mississippi.
Latest showed encounters between civilians and law enforcement officers that have taken place through the United States cities such as NYC, Ferguson, Missouri, Baltimore, and also, Cleveland has sparked the conversation about discrimination against the African American community, frequent circumstances by the white law enforcement officers. Now furthermost cases, the white officers were not charged with any offenses. Unlike the NYC ex-police Officer Liang who has been charged with manslaughter. Furthermore, the grand jury did not render the correct verdict.
Over 10,000 people a year in the United States are convicted of things they did not do. Hae Min Lee was a 18 year old teenager at Woodlawn High School when she suddenly disappeared and then later found dead in Leakin Park. Serial is a podcast along with Undisclosed that goes in depth to look at the investigation through the case and to prove Adnan Syed innocent. Adnan Syed was a 17 year old muslim kid who went to Woodlawn High, he was also and track and lived life day by day pretty normal. Adnan's friend Jay claims he helped him bury the body of Hae and he becomes a main witness and every time he is interviewed his story changes up a bit. Adnan is wrongfully convicted there are so many signs that he is innocent.
Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary Indiana. His parents were Katherine Jackson, and Joseph Jackson. Michael had 8 siblings, who all loved music. His mother stayed at home and took care of the household, while his father was a guitarist and crane operator. Katherine taught the children folk and religious songs daily. He grew up around music and learned many things from his brothers and father. Joseph Jackson thought that his sons were very talented; therefore, he helped shape them into a music group known as the “Jackson 5.” Starting out, it was just Michael’s older brothers, Tito, Jermaine, Jackie and Marlon. When Michael turned 5, he became the lead vocalist of the group. The group was very successful and became popular quickly. As a child, Michael was
On the morning of March 3rd, 1991 an African-American man led police on a high-speed chase through the city of Los Angeles. Approximately eight miles later police swarmed around the car and confronted the driver, who went by the name Rodney King. During the confrontation, officers tortured King until the point he was forced to seek medical care. A case was opened and the police officers were acquitted. This angered many people, specifically Blacks and led to the historical “L.A. Riots’’ , where they felt race had something to do with the case.
Jesse James was considered a legend of the old west of the mid 1800’s. He made himself a legend from robbing banks, trains, stagecoaches, and more. He supposedly did all of this trying to seek vengeance for the treatment southerners received from Union Soldiers. [History Net]
What is the first thing that comes to mind when hearing O.J. Simpson? Perhaps to sports lovers, Simpson and his very successful collegiate and American league football career are what highlights his name. During the fifteen-year career, Simpson was able to win several awards including the Heisman Award. In addition, O.J. embarked on an acting career, which included, films, television shows, and sports commentary. Commonly, Orenthal James Simpson is most famous for the horrific murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown-Simpson, and California waiter, Ron Goldman. The double homicide involving O.J. Simpson, the subsequent trial, and the media storm of 1994 is one of the most remarkable court cases of the century.
In this week’s supplementary reading, author Lydia Polgreen evaluates the recent string of deaths of unarmed black men, all attributed to police officers. The deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Freddie Gray in Baltimore, and Laquan McDonald in Chicago have pushed the issues of race relations and institutional racism to the forefront of societal issues in America. Adding fuel to the fire is the fact that in most of these cases, the officers accused of the unlawful deaths are usually given the benefit of the doubt and found innocent by jurors. This has culminated in the schism in public opinion of the police force. White individuals are more likely to support the officers’ use of deadly force, while black individuals are far more likely to
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The New York Police Department has a mission to "preserve peace, reduce fear, maintain order," and protect its civilians in their communities (NYPD, 2016). On the contrary, civilians do not see the police officers as individuals who are there to protect them because they do not trust the police officers or the justice system. In the past few decades, police officers have not been held accountable for their actions in a few incidents where a few unarmed young black males were killed by the police. Communities responded to this issue with the Black Lives Matter movement with protests nationwide to show support for the unarmed young black men who were killed by police. In response to the aggressive policing, methods of using body cameras and detailed incident reporting ...
The story unfolded that, Garner was unarmed and therefore harmless when he was being arrested for supposedly selling loose cigarettes. It may not be out of context to put someone in uncomfortable situation to enable arrest, but for the fact that Garner cried out for his life by saying “I can’t breathe”, should have warranted some form of release which required the immediate discretion of the law enforcement to save the life of Garner, but they ignored him. This led to his death. In my opinion, for America to have an effective equal rights system as we profess that governs our nation, the law must be reinforced to discourage negligence and noncompliance to racial issues and partiality, which often leads to biasness in a
During the post-WWII period, blacks fight for desegregation resulted in violence, murder, economic warfare and obstruction by local and state governments. The repression, violence and murders were a significant setback among Negroes in the postwar years. For example, the death of Emmett Till was not just another statistic in the tragic history of American lynchings (Feldstein, page 290). However, it was a defensive act on the half of white southerners to the decision in the Brown v. Board of Education. The murder of the fourteen-year-old African American Emmett Till was a gruesome act. Rob Bryant, twenty-four years old, and his half-brother J.W. Milam, thirty-six, kidnapped Emmett Till, a Chicago native, at gunpoint from his relatives’ cabin
After the brutal lynching of Emmett Till, a fourteen year old African American boy, America watched as a broken, beaten body cried and said “No more!” to the faces of racism and discrimination and to his transgressors, who were unjustly freed. Visiting Mississippi from Chicago, young Emmett Till was upbeat, humorous, and a little daring but unfamiliar with the grimy workings of the South (Callard). Thus, he didn’t realize the consequences of being himself around white people: he did not know why he shouldn’t whistle at that white women. He did not know that only a few hours later he would lie beaten and dead, with his eyes gouged out, tied to a cotton-gin fan, floating through the Tallahatchie River (History.com Staff; Baldwin). He did not
In New York, in this case, there was a black man, who was put in a chokehold by a white cop and ended up dead. In the video that is on the Guardian News, it shows the police officers trying to arrest Garner. There was one officer standing behind Garner and when they tried to arrest him he began to resist. The officers did not telling him why he was being arrested or what crime he was committing. After the police officer that was standing behind Garner could not place Garner under arrest, he put him in a choke hold. Under the law it is illegal for a police officer to put a suspect, or anyone else in a choke hold, because it can lead to choking and death. He was on the ground still in a chokehold repeating the words, “I can’t breathe” and the cop continued to keep him in the chokehold (Duncan). After a few minutes Garner stopped responding and was dead