How To Become Accomplice To Martin Luther King Jr

“To ignore evil is to become accomplice to it”- Dr Martin Luther King Jr . In this country I could become a target because of what I look like on the outside. While I could be seen differently on the inside, I am also accountable of my own image . The people in this world ignore evil and become accomplice to it just as Dr Martin Luther King Jr said. If you stand around and watch what help can you be? I am not trying to be the next kid dead on the street, shot by a cop just because of sagging pants and a hoodie, mistaken for being some type of thug. To some cops a definition of a thug is pants lower than his waistline and or is black. You could be some kid in the store, trying to buy a drink on a hot day mistaken for stealing. Just because he looks like he is putting it in his bag then is dragged out of the store and brutalized by police. If police officers are supposed to serve and protect why don't they? This is what really …show more content…
Just because some cops thought they were up to no good. It's the type of racial profiling and stereotypical judgement that is most effective today, but why? If a kid today was just walking around in the crime active neighborhood, he could be dead on the scene right then. He could be at the wrong place at the wrong time. But, because of the way he dresses he is a suspect. Officers brutalized him just because he’s black. This stuff needs to end today.

Stereotypical judgement

Image is not how you can identify who's the criminal. Most of today's population is white, 13% is black. If majority is white, why is African American males have more chances of being incarcerated then going to college? If we have the freedom to wear anything we want why is fate determined by image? Police officers are supposed to Serve and Protect, but in today's society I see none of that. This stuff needs to