Baltimore has risen in mayhem taking after the demise of Freddie Gray, who passed away on April 19th because an extreme spinal cord damage that occurred while in police authority. But before we get into why exactly this happened, let’s get into the background of police brutality and exactly how long it’s been going on.
Police brutality has been going on since the beginning of the police force, regardless of race, since before when it was only just the Europeans the thought of power above the law has always been something that if in the wrongs hands it can be hazardous to everyone. Even the ones they’re supposed to protect and serve. Being a cop is a moral challenge because you can easily plant something on someone you don’t like and send them to jail just like that, or, you can simply not make that choice and be a Good Samaritan and do your job correctly. As slaves were freed in the U.S., it is clear right off the bat to them that in their lifetime they will never be treated equal and every person not of color made it clear to them …show more content…
in history, which involves Rodney King where he is beaten by four white cops while other cops watch him practically get beaten to death. He survives but somebody happens to catch this brutal beating on video and the police officers are charged on March 9th 1991, then 2 of the officers are completely acquitted in 1992 which is massively accepted to have started the Los Angeles Riots. So now that being 24 years ago, it’s still a thing that parents are scared of happening to their son or daughter, even though we’ve progressed so much with technology with body cams and knowing your freedoms (being able to record a cop while following routine stops or asking if being detained since these are things not a lot of people commonly known), it’s still a war between the people and the police at some points. Now let’s talk about the current Baltimore
Police brutality has been going on since the beginning of the police force, regardless of race, since before when it was only just the Europeans the thought of power above the law has always been something that if in the wrongs hands it can be hazardous to everyone. Even the ones they’re supposed to protect and serve. Being a cop is a moral challenge because you can easily plant something on someone you don’t like and send them to jail just like that, or, you can simply not make that choice and be a Good Samaritan and do your job correctly. As slaves were freed in the U.S., it is clear right off the bat to them that in their lifetime they will never be treated equal and every person not of color made it clear to them …show more content…
in history, which involves Rodney King where he is beaten by four white cops while other cops watch him practically get beaten to death. He survives but somebody happens to catch this brutal beating on video and the police officers are charged on March 9th 1991, then 2 of the officers are completely acquitted in 1992 which is massively accepted to have started the Los Angeles Riots. So now that being 24 years ago, it’s still a thing that parents are scared of happening to their son or daughter, even though we’ve progressed so much with technology with body cams and knowing your freedoms (being able to record a cop while following routine stops or asking if being detained since these are things not a lot of people commonly known), it’s still a war between the people and the police at some points. Now let’s talk about the current Baltimore