Black Men's Relationship With Police

Have you ever been followed around in a store by security or the police because of the color of your skin? Have you ever been pulled over by police because they thought you stole the car you were driving? Both of these things have happened to me before. African American male’s relationships with police have been dwindling more than ever in the recent months. It seems like almost every month you turn on the TV to see a headline something like this, “Black man shot and killed by police”. This theme reoccurs in today’s society, so much that some people are even becoming numb to it. Black males need to work on our relationship with police so these types of things don’t keep happening. From what I know personally the black communities relationship with police have been bad for as long as me, my parents, and my grandparents can remember, the black male relationship with police have been bad. We are the most targeted out of any race or group by police. One factor that contributed to this hatred of police is the music industry. From the popular old school 1988 N.W.A. song “ F*** The police”, or KRS One’s “Sound of the Police” to the recent songs by new artist like Boosie's” F*** Tha Police” and Beyoncé’s “Freedom” The theme is reoccurring and real. People have been recorded playing these songs at protest and riots. Music like this hypes people and …show more content…
According to Frank Newport of gallup.com, the police are among the three highest-rated institutions out of 17 tested in terms of whites' confidence, behind only the military and small business. Among blacks, police drop to seventh on the list, behind not only the military and small business, but also the president, the church, the medical system, and the news. I think it is evident where this gap comes from. It comes from the treatment from police towards the different