It is the purpose of governmental power to police the freedoms of the citizens that they represent, although this did not take place during the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Bill Clinton made an apology public in 1997 directed toward the families directly affected and those who survived this study in Tuskegee which disrespected the foundation of human rights. Article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights offers freedom from intolerance and Article 5 states "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" These primitive freedoms were taken from all subjects involved in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Those responsible endorsed impoverished and uneducated African American men to take place by
