Task Force Accuses Chicago Police Of Institutional Racism

According to the CNN article titled “Poll: 1 in 5 blacks report 'unfair' dealings with police in the last month,” African-Americans were experiencing unfair police treatment due to their racial standards in their community. “Terms such as ‘driving while black’ and ‘walking while black’ have been coined, with studies showing that blacks are pulled over, questioned or arrested by police at a disproportionately higher rate than white Americans” (Poll: 1 in 5 blacks report 'unfair' dealings with police in the last month n. p.). Presumably, since African-Americans are people of color they are often treated unfairly in their communities, especially by white policemen because they can be racist towards them. Policemen will often end up focusing on their racial standards, and what the color of their skin is instead of what they act like as an individual, and how they treat others in their community. Moreover, in the film, Prom Night in Mississippi, African-American high school students were treated unfairly by white high school students, and also by other white people in their community. They were doing this because they too were only focusing on the fact that they are African-Americans, and how they did not see them as equal individuals within their community. For example, when the high school had two separate proms, one only for the white high school students, and

The brutality of the police force has been a long worldwide problem, but especially between the years of 2012-2016. Black people are being unjustly beaten and shot in plain sight for doing nothing while being unarmed. Journal of African American Studies “Blacks are viewed as deserving of harsh treatment in the criminal justice system” (482). “Black males with more “Afrocentric” features may receive longer sentences than blacks with less Afrocentric features like lighter skin and straighter hair”(482). Nowadays it is important to know about the police force. It’s important to know our rights as citizens and be careful around cops. Not everybody is good, but not everybody is bad also. In The New York Amsterdam News 21 people were killed by Chicago police in 2008. Entire families were being attacked. They believe it’s because of their skin color and how they are different. The year of racism started off with the world seeing the police murder of Oscar Grant. “The media have pushed people away from hearing the issue of police brutality, and it has fallen off of the radar screen.”(2) “You can’t give in. They will try to make an example out of you, try to break your spirit!”(2) African Americans say do not trust the cops with anything. “They will ruin you.”(2)

Furthermore while watching this video, I was really shocked to see how the police force was mostly non-whites because I think when people think of an officer violating someone’s rights they mostly think of a white officer. In this case it is Latino officers who are from Newark. In the video you see them mostly stopping and frisking black people.You would think that growing up in Newark and knowing what or economy was like and how non-whites are always targeted, you would think the Latinos would have a little more respect towards people of color. But, that is not the case in this documentary and that just goes to prove former attorney, Song Richardson, right when she spoke in my Criminology class about stereotype

This is proof that there is racial discrimination in law enforcement that affects police brutality. This also reinforces the culture of people of color being less human than white people, which takes its roots all the way back to slavery in America. When slavery was still prevalent in the United States, white people believed that black people(slaves), did not feel pain like they felt pain. After slavery was abolished, black people were still strongly regarded as inferior to white people and white people still saw them as wild creatures rather than human beings. White people saw themselves superior to every other race of people, so it was common for them to mistreat other races that weren’t white. This mindset is not as strong as it was in the past but, it is still strong enough to affect the choices police officers make during interactions with people of color. As a result of discrimination at the police level, many people have turned to court system’s to reach justice.

Our society shows how racism and police officers are a focal point within our country. In the United States, many police officers demonstrate racist qualities. Research states that many police officers are only patrolling around predominately African American neighborhoods. People agree that police officers are just sitting in areas where African Americans live instead of just sitting anywhere and waiting for any crimes. (Martin, Trayvon. Racial Profiling). Polices are just waiting for African Americans to make a mistake. Most Police Officers haven’t changed their ways on racism. “Diallo was gunned down by NYPD officers while trying to enter his apartment building. The officers had mistaken Diallo for a suspected rapist—who was also black’’ (Martin, Trayvon. Racial Profiling). NYPD killed an innocent man because he was African American and he looked like the guy they were looking for. Therefore, this just proves police officers have not changed their racist

Throughout the last one hundred and fifty years, there has been a history of tension and conflict between the police and minority communities in the United States. In principle, the police exist to enforce the law and protect all citizens regardless of race or ethnic background, yet police departments across the country have been repeatedly accused of targeting and harassing racial minorities, and of failing to root out racist attitudes and practices within their ranks. In recent years, high profile cases such as the beating of Rodney King in Los Angles and the assault on Abner Louima in New York have only served to heighten concerns over the mistreatment of minorities by the police, resulting in widespread calls for major legal and institutional reforms. The recent shootings of Michael Brown, Ezell Ford, Eric Garner, and Terrance Crutcher underscore the danger Black men and boys face when they cross paths with law enforcement officers. In the absence of a coordinated national strategy, state and local police departments have largely been left to develop their own solutions to the problems of policing minority communities and improving cultural sensitivity amongst their officers. Many departments have sought to reform recruitment and selection policies in the hope of attracting greater numbers of minority applicants, while others have instituted diversity training and education programs aimed at improving police understanding of minority cultures and communities. To date, however, these efforts have yielded mixed results. Some departments have achieved notable successes, but on the whole, relations between the police and minority communities across the country remain strained. of cultural diversity and the police.

The United States Criminal Justice System is one that is supposed to protect and serve all. This idea should not discriminate against ones race, gender or any other identifying characteristics. Although it should not, it occurs more than just what the news outlets may bring to light. Minorities and those who do not fit societies “norms” are often the targets of unfair treatment from those who are in charge of protecting. These groups of people often feel that just because their skin is a different color or they may identify as something a police officer does not believe in, they will be the next target for injustice. However, a justice system cannot work and will ultimately fail when those being protected do not feel safe. In order for the

In an article titled “Police Injustice: How the Court Fails”, it shows how different people are treated unfairly by things like race. “Countless studies have shown that when police officers have the discretion to apply an enforcement tool to anyone, they will disproportionately apply it to young black and Hispanic men; police officers, like the rest of us, are affected by implicit biases that make them more suspicious of the young than the old, of men than women, and especially, of blacks and Hispanics than

The article then explains how police in Meridian/other cities are getting an angry backlash from the public after all the police killings of unarmed African-Americans. The community thinks it’s a time for officers to do some soul-searching and revamp training, but many officers think they’re being stereotyped as racist or brutal. Officers and their families are worried that they could

In Part One of Cops see it differently, Chief Flynn from the Milwaukee PD says that “at the level of cop working in neighborhood, race is irrelevant. It’s just people.” He argues that police in his city are not biased against Black residents, but rather that the majority of crimes happen in neighborhoods that are overwhelmingly African American. What evidence is presented in the episode to counter Chief Flynn’s perspective?

The largest component of the criminal justice system is the law enforcement. This section includes police officers, sheriffs, and marshals. The discrimination people of color experience start with these authoritative figures. “Seven in ten blacks said that the blacks in their community were treated less fairly than whites in dealing with police.” (Pew Research Center). The intended role policemen/women play is to protect and serve the citizens they represent. Yet, this study reports 70% of African Americans feel they are unequally treated in their communities by these law enforcers. Stevenson also writes about the statistic concerning African Americans and the police, “I found that

Specifically African Americans have the negative connotation of being violent criminals. This is one of the many implicit bias humans face. In Brandon Stahls’ article, he goes on to further this viewpoint focusing on racial subjecting when his contributor reports, “Nobody in the world gets stopped that many times,” Castile’s mother, Valerie Castile, said in an interview. “I know people that live their whole life without ever having a ticket. So you accumulate that many tickets, that is obvious something is going on” (Stahl). If Officer Yanez was educated when handling his personal implicit bias, Philando Castile may still be with us today. There comes a certain point in life when an individuals’ education should be upheld and they are accountable for controlling their personal discretion and altering their overall implicit bias. Responsibility falls upon the individual who may be blameworthy for failing to take responsibility for implicit bias once they are aware that they are likely to be influenced by them. When a situation occurs that an individual needs to focus solely on his or her beliefs and to control their actions when these things occur. Even if someone says they are impartial, it is a part of human nature that we rely on implicit bias to deem a certain group or person responsible for a wrong act. Even though implicit bias are subconscious thoughts every person is responsible for ones own

“One. The police stop blacks and Latinos at rates that are much higher than whites. In New York City, where people of color make up about half of the population, 80% of the NYPD stops were of blacks and Latinos. When whites were stopped, only 8% were frisked (Quigley, 2010).” Police stops are a very common effect on society. It isn’t fair that police don’t hold everyone accountable the same way. Not every cop is that way but there are that selected few who still have that racist mindset and hold it against innocent people. It’s no secret that in New York especially, there is a lot of crime and gang activity produced by different minority groups in the city. However, The facts does not provide a good reason that in routine stops are people of color targeted and frisked down compared to

In the article, “Police, Protesters Clash In St. Louis After Police Shooting,” police a young black teen by the name of Michael Brown was gunned down by an off-duty officer. The officer said the teen had fired off several rounds from a stolen 9mm Ruger, but the family of the gunned down teenager denies he was armed. The department of police notes the officer fire 17 consecutive rounds before his gun had jammed. I believe this assault by the officer was institutionalized by the fact that most black teens are seen as potentially dangerous criminals in the white man’s criminal

Institutional racism is a concept that many people hear about today, but no one wants to really discuss. Avram Bornstein’s “Institutional Racism” argues that there needs to be a distinction between the racial bias and institutional racism due to the recent law enforcement encounters in New York. According to Bernstein, police motivation is not necessarily biased by numbers, but “careerist” through stopping and arresting in parts of town with high crime. These high records of arrests and stops is seen