Undoubtedly the most prominent exhibition of injustice happened near the ending of the movie, when innocent Radio Raheem is killed by the hands of police officers. But what gave the officers the right to kill Radio Raheem? What were Radio Raheem’s crimes? Police prejudice, injustice, and brutality were combined in that scene to show how the life of an innocent man can be terminated without justification, just as it keeps occurring. An FBI report shows that at least twelve thousand people were killed by the police between 2008 and 2012, police brutality is far from over and that is one of the main reasons Spike Lee’s movie still hits home in today’s
Undoubtedly the most prominent exhibition of injustice happened near the ending of the movie, when innocent Radio Raheem is killed by the hands of police officers. But what gave the officers the right to kill Radio Raheem? What were Radio Raheem’s crimes? Police prejudice, injustice, and brutality were combined in that scene to show how the life of an innocent man can be terminated without justification, just as it keeps occurring. An FBI report shows that at least twelve thousand people were killed by the police between 2008 and 2012, police brutality is far from over and that is one of the main reasons Spike Lee’s movie still hits home in today’s