African American Injustice Research Paper

There are more than two million people incarcerated in the U.S, whether it is in jails, prisons, or immigration detentions and the race with the highest percentage of locked up people are blacks. For many years, black men have always been at top of the list for going to prison during their lifetime. Following black men would be the Latino males, then white males, and so forth. Of course minorities are arrested more than whites. This is because they get off way easier with police officers and the law. Blacks have it the hardest where they get pulled over for any and everything. Most of the time they get killed for doing absolutely nothing wrong. Everyone is supposed to be treated fair, but police officers have their own motto for that. “Once arrested, they are more likely to be convicted; and once convicted, they are more likely to face stiff sentences.” (Knafo, 2014). I feel this quote is referring to blacks because police find anything to arrest them for just to be able to send them into court and convict with anything they could possibly think of. After they find something to convict them with, they face sentences that were never supposed to be given in the first place, leading to unnecessary lawyers and money wasted trying to get them out. For the people who are sent to prison for a real conviction, it usually has to do with making, distributing, or using drugs. “We find

Many laws seem to punishment African Americans more than any other race. In today’s society, where it is supposed to be equal and just, we are still chastened because of the melanin in our skin. We are still following the path of slavery just in different forms. According to Willie Lynch, “ if you train a man to be a slave, then we can control them for over three-hundred years.” We are still being victimized and wrongly accused because we appear to be dangerous. Every man cannot whistle Vivaldi to ensure that he lives while walking or hanging out in their communities. A majority of officers are let “off the hook” from being charged with crimes against the public. In the case of David Sal Silva of Kern County in California that took place last year, police used excessive force on Silva and he died at the scene. The beating was contributory to his death but neither the Kern County sheriff’s deputies nor the California Highway Patrol officers were convicted of any crime (Marcum). Although the incident was highly publicized, it eventually faded away. There are many overlooked instances, however instances of targeted police brutality are becoming a normal recurrence, such as in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The

The inception of “race” began in America during the European colonization. The Europeans captured and enslaved the Africans, in Africa and traveled to America and found a new breed of humans, the Native Americans. The Europeans found the Africans and Native Americans from themselves based on their physical characteristics and who they worshipped differently. Since they found this abnormal, they treated them as barbarians. The treatment of both races by the Europeans were unjustifiably inhumane. With that being said, is there a difference today in treatment between races, by one another?

Prior to World War II, black people in the United States (especially in the rural south) lived in poverty and suffered greatly from racial inequality. “Most African Americans lived in the South and worked on farms under a newly developed rule of society known as Jim Crow. Under this system, blacks had their votes restricted by white primaries, literacy tests, and poll taxes; they were segregated from whites” (Johnson). Black people faced major segregation in nearly every venue of life. Under Jim Crow laws, blacks were forced to use separate public facilities such as water fountains and bathrooms as well as hotels and restaurants. In most, if not all cases, the facilities offered to the black

There are more than two million people incarcerated in the U.S, whether it is in jails, prisons, or immigration detentions and the race with the highest percentage of imprisoned people are blacks. For many years, black men have always been at top of the list for going to prison during their lifetime. Following black men would be the Latino males, than white males, and so forth. Minorities are usually arrested more than whites. This is because they get off way easier with police officers and the law. Blacks have it the hardest where they get pulled over for any and everything. Most of the time they get killed for doing absolutely nothing wrong. Everyone is supposed to be treated fair, but police officers have their own motto for that. “Once arrested, they are more likely to be convicted; and once convicted, they are more likely to face stiff sentences.” (Knafo, 2014). Police find anything to arrest people for, especially blacks, just to be able

In today's society it is hard to believe that once a person was denied freedom because of the color of their skin. In the 1800 African Americans were treated poorly and were denied their freedom. The freedoms African Americans were denied was their social freedom which is the freedom to socialize with who ever you want and to marry who you want, Political freedom which is to vote and to be able to run for political jobs and economic freedom is to able to spend money and make money and able to get a job , pay taxes and to own land. A lot of people of think that in the north African Americans were free but in my opinion they were not. In this essay we will be talking about how African Americans were not free in the north.

In 2010, the American Bureau of Justice Statistics showed that the African Americans had the rate of imprisonment that was almost seven times greater compared to the white men’s incarceration rate. In addition, the

Even before a minority steps into a courtroom, racial disparity in our justice system begins with the exercised policies implemented by law enforcement (Nellis). Policies such as stop and frisk, and search and seize are practices used by the police force, yet the disproportional amount of blacks who experience any of these exercised methods compared

There have many movements throughout American history that have left a footprint in modern day society. The 1900’s were filled with many of these. Groups like the Civil Rights movement, Anti-Vietnam protestors, and the feminist movement are perfect examples of this. Those three movements specifically list among the most important and influential causes in American history. Even today they continue to resurface and shape American society.

One way African Americans have a disadvantage in the criminal justice system is the arrest rates. Per chapter 4 in the Color of Justice book, it states that “66 percent of African Americans are more likely to be arrested before the age of 30” (Samuel Walker; Cassia Spohn; Miriam Delone, 2012, p. 172). Based on the statistics given, African Americans seem more likely to be targeted for an arrest. The population for the African American community only makes up for 13 percent of the United States, and out of that statistic, most them will be arrested. There should be a justification to the judicial system for this outrageous arrest rate on the African American community. Another way on how African Americans have a disadvantage through the criminal justice system is by the judicial system. Chapter seven in the “Color of Justice” book briefly describes the racial differences on how

African Americans face a lot of discrimination from the criminal justice system. More African Americans are incarcerated for minor offenses in comparison to their white counterparts. A black American is likely to be stopped in traffic and thereafter detained for minor traffic offenses compared to a white American. This means that they are likely to get a fast conviction, which taints their record making it easier to be convicted for other offenses. Consequently, the justice system, has not favored them; neither has balance or equity been observed in the courts following the poor legal representation, biased laws, and the negative perception by the judicial

Innocent until proven guilty is one of the basic tenants of the American criminal justice system. Historically, this principal has not applied to everyone, with slave owners having complete authority over their slaves. Certainly this has evolved greatly over the last 150 years, and today criminal rights theoretically apply equally to all American citizens. In the legal system today, everything from arrest requirements to sentencing mandates are created to be applied consistently across all citizens. However, throughout the entire criminal justice process, from arrest to sentencing, there are apparent disparities in the application of criminal rights across individuals of different racial backgrounds.

Our country has a grim past marked by racial turmoil and segregation. Since the founding of this country, there has been some form of racial injustice. For example, the enslavement of Africans until 1860, the segregation of colored citizens until the rise of MLK and Malcolm X, or the racial profiling and innocent killing of young black men and women in modern times. All these examples show just how unjust and discriminated America really is.

It’s hard being a African American in the Criminal Justice System. Article “Is the Criminal Justice System Racist” states that “Blacks and whites are arrested at very different rates, are convicted at very different rates, [and] receive very different sentences … for the same crime.” This statement is most definitely true, it has happened here in Thomasville, GA. There was a African American man who was arrested for rapping a 16 year old girl and when he went to court they sentenced him to 15 years in prison. A Caucasian man committed the same crime but instead of the girl being 16, she was 13. He was charged with rape but went to jail for one day and was let off on a bond.

“It’s the secular state that is responsible for the woes we are seeing today. People should understand that we are not saying we have to rule Nigeria, but we have been motivated by the stark injustice in the land. People underrate us, but we have our sights set on bring Sharia to the whole world, not just Nigeria.”