Police Brutality In The Crucible

Today, Police Brutality, misconduct, and abuse seems to be a big issue. Plenty of officers are being accused of shooting and killing someone because of racism. Just like in “The Crucible”, expect the people weren’t officers, people were being accused of something that they were innocent of and were punished. Police officers are also being accused of abuse, either physical and/or sexual abuse. While some of these accusations against police officers are true, some officers remain innocent. In this case, Brian Franklin was one of those unlucky accused officers that was innocent and was punished. In 1994, in Fort Worth, Texas, Brian Franklin, an innocent police officer, was accused by a 13 year old girl, known as B.R., of rape. B.R. was the daughter of Franklin’s friend, in which he was also a Texas Police officer. The accused rape had happened in the backyard of her father’s house, on the …show more content…
It is hard to figure out how to demolish this problem to stop making people accusing each other of something that the other person did not do. These situations have been happening for a long time, as far back as 1692, the Salem Witch trials. A way that can prevent these situations from happening again depends on individuals themselves and take responsibility for what had really happened and not accuse someone of something they are innocent on, no matter what reason you want to accuse them for. The overall solution is for people to just tell the truth, but it would be hard to achieve.
Overall, Brian Franklin’s story is an example of a witch hunt because he an innocent man accused, had little evidence that went against him, and was still punished. His trial can relate to huge amount of officers and other people who have been falsely accused and have been innocent and can also relate to the people in “The Crucible” who was hanged for their