Patterns of Discrimination of Police Agencies
The denial of opportunity and/or equal rights towards a certain group of people is discrimination. In the criminal justice system and police agencies, there are concerns that impact African Americans more than other races. In 1989, Five teenagers was arrested and convicted of sexual assault and beating of a white jogger in Central Park because they were up to no good according to police. At the time of the arrest, The five teenagers claimed their statement were coerced by authorities. The four African Americans and one Hispanic are known as the Central Park Five. In 2002, DNA and other evidence exonerated the five from all the conviction. They served seven years in prison. This story served to
The denial of opportunity and/or equal rights towards a certain group of people is discrimination. In the criminal justice system and police agencies, there are concerns that impact African Americans more than other races. In 1989, Five teenagers was arrested and convicted of sexual assault and beating of a white jogger in Central Park because they were up to no good according to police. At the time of the arrest, The five teenagers claimed their statement were coerced by authorities. The four African Americans and one Hispanic are known as the Central Park Five. In 2002, DNA and other evidence exonerated the five from all the conviction. They served seven years in prison. This story served to