The Civil Rights Of Oklahoma Former Cop Daniel Holtzclaw

All across the nation, in the news the black community has been making their voice heard, in regards to white police brutality, and murder against the unarmed black community. Many of these brutal attacks and flat out murders of unarmed black people haven’t been largely prosecuted, some officers have even been acquitted of any wrong doing or murder. This has led to outrage in the African American community at large. The shooting of an unarmed black teen named Michael Brown caused the racial strain in this country to break.

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.

In the past year alone, at least three unarmed black men (Diallo, Malcolm Ferguson, and Patrick Dorismond) were killed in New York City. In all three instances, police were acquitted of all charges. Kenneth Boss of the NYPD has been acquitted of two murders, Amadou Diallo (1999) and Peter Bailey (1997), and is still working as a police officer.

I personally did not agree with the way people treated him. I feel like they had no right to judge him based on his appearance. The fact that he was racially profiled even in his place of work shocked be. I can only imagine how embarrassed and upset he was. I think that the constant oppression that he faced each day probably made him feel like an outsider in a world that’s supposed to be promoting equality. Staples’ article not only shed light on the many stereotypes that he faced, but the stereotypes that people all around the country faced. Stapes exposed the harsh reality of a black man. Wherever some people go they are seen as a potential danger to civilians. I don’t understand how someone can pass pre judgement on someone that they know nothing about. Some people just like Staples are innocent, honest, and respectful. I feel like those who were committing crimes and really were a threat to people's safety ruined the image of African American’s. Those who have gotten both a high school and a college diploma, work hard, and have never had any trouble with the law are expected to be ruthless and dangerous.

The effects of the police actions have brought on fear for me and every African American in the city of Dallas. When being pulled over by a police the fear of being killed or antagonized by the police weighs heavy on the hearts of thousands in the city. Being pulled over and feeling guilty of a crime not committed by yourself is the worst feeling because you know in the eyes of Dallas police department officers your guilty just because of the color of your skin. Things should change because living in fear isn’t living at

Not to mention, they hated black people so much they’ll do anything to see them dead or in jail and won’t feel sorry what so ever. That is unfair to a lot of people especially his mother because she deserve some type of justice being served. The American justice system should be change so that prisoners can be properly punished. It is a shame how all of these white people committing crimes and getting away. The justice system is not doing their job because it’s not right for them to punish black people for crimes they didn’t commit or something worse then what white people have done and they don’t do nothing about it. We all need to get together and do the best that we can to change some laws. If they arrest the right people they need to put them in the place that they actually need to be in. For example, if some prisoners are in for a mental health then they need to put them in a program that can help them instead of trying to just put them in prison and think that’s going to solve everything. If we do the right thing it will

17 year old african american boy Trayvon Martin was going into a 7 Eleven to get a snack before he flew back home. He walked out of the store and was being stalked by a strange man who turned out to be a volunteer cop. The cop had then told the station that there was suspicious juvenile. The police said not to pursue but he did anyways. He then shot Trayvon in the chest instantly killing him. This was not the only occasion that a police officer beat up an african american for no reason at all. Police brutality towards african americans in america needs to end. Excessive police brutality towards african americans is an issue/ongoing problem that needs to be addressed because it is unjust. Readers can expect to learn the cause and reason why this happens.

The article “Black Lives and Blue Lives Matter” by Bryant Alston shows and represents the importance of black lives just like any other, police brutality, also showing how no matter the color of one’s skin, it should not affect one in a negative way or agitate others to want to look over one just because a person of color seemed as a more ‘fitting’ person for such a crime instead of other non-black, or non-hispanic, person. I completely agree with Bryant Alston’s perspective on those cases, which regard race and ethnicity.

Daniel Holtzclaw is a former Oklahoma City Police Patrol Officer who was convicted in December 2015 of multiple counts of rape, sexual battery, forcible oral sodomy, and other charges. Daniel was ultimately convicted of 18 counts of the 36 charges brought against him and sentenced to 263 years in prison.

During Crenshaw’s talk, she focused on the intersectional discrimination African American women face. She got her point across by having the audience listen to and try to recognize names of black men and women who experienced police brutality. I believe the main reason society has not recognized these types of victims is due to lack of media coverage. According to an article on USA Today, “…the data show that police incidents involving women of color occur at a disproportionately high level compared with media coverage.” (Clark, 2016) Because of this lack of coverage, many people in society do not realize this type of crime is happening. I asked a friend for his thoughts on the topic, and he said crimes committed against black women by

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

On March 5, 2016 Earledreka White, a black 28-year old social worker, was pulled over by a Metro Police officer in Huston, Texas for crossing the double white line. During this incident White was placed in handcuffs and charged with resisting arrest and search, a misdemeanor that carries a potential six-month sentence, and jailed for two days on $1,000 bond. Later on in the case White’s attorney released the surveillance video that shows the arrest with the 911 call playing as it unfolds. While watching the surveillance video I was shocked to see the treatment White was receiving for a traffic stop and the way the metro police officer handled the situation. Before this incident White had no criminal record, but the police officer treated her

Being an African American in a criminal state can be a dark and unfair place to be. “African Americans now constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated population”. (NAACP) When Michael Brown was shot, Americans have focused more on the harsh treatments from a police. A huge amount of black people have been murdered in encounters of the police since the death of Ferguson and years before then.

For decades, America’s attention has been turned to the deaths of African Americans at the hands of law enforcement. The roots of the outrage & unrest that often follow such killings go back much, much, much further. It is very obvious that there is a difficult relationship between law enforcement & the communities we are sworn to serve and protect. There are tons of studies proving police are implicitly biased against African Americans. Racism in law enforcement has had disastrous effects on society as evidenced by recent cases in the U.S.

My friend did not expect the police to handcuff him outside of his house in front of his neighbors. He did nothing wrong--an hour earlier he had called 911 to report that someone had broken into his shed and stolen a lawn mower. Yet when the police finally showed up to investigate, they immediately suspected the perpetrator was him. This grievous act was made very obviously due to the fact that my friend is an African American male. The scene of people of color being subjected to bias from law enforcement is unfortunately very common. There are many books and movies that expose this prejudice, including the book Just Mercy. Brian Stevenson, the author, asserts in his book Just Mercy that the race of an individual has the most impact on how he/she is treated within the criminal justice system.