Social Justice: Is The Criminal Justice System Equal?

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Is the Criminal Justice System equal?
In today’s society we are told to treat everyone equally, but is the Criminal Justice System doing so? We all see criminal reports through our t.v news, social media, etc. We can safely say that most of the criminal reports we see on crimes committed are done by African Americans and Hispanics. Crimes committed by White-Americans are rarely shown, and when they are the reports or crimes are not as intense compared to crimes committed by another race. Furthermore, more importantly many people can agree that the sentences that each “criminal” gets differs, not according to the crime that was committed, but to the race of the person. Could it be because African- Americans and Hispanics actually do commit more crimes than White-Americans do? Or are African Americans and Hispanics more likely to get caught and arrested for the crime that was committed than Americans due to their skin color? If that is the case, our society is not treating everyone equally like we should be. All races should be sentenced at an equal level of punishment, race should not determine the “criminal 's” sentence. …show more content…

Brown, was unarmed, and shot on August 9, 2014 by a white officer. The shooting and result in his death caused a “firestorm of protests and re-animating national conversations on issues of race, policing, and violence in the U.S”, according to Vice News (2014). Brown was shot and his body was left on the ground dead for nearly four hours before he was taken. His funeral was conducted two weeks after, according to USA Today, the Reverend sadly mentioned that Brown was laying on the ground dead for four hours like his “life… didn’t matter” (2015). I do admit the death threats that the Ferguson Police Department received from families, was dangerous. However, one can only put up with so much discrimination and inequality before they snap and say or do terrible

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