Unceasing Bigotry: Cases throughout Decades
Countless cases have proven that black lives, for some people, did not count for much. More than eighty years after The Scottsboro case and To Kill a Mockingbird, similar racism is still present in current cases. The Scottsboro and the Mike Brown cases display racial injustice that are illustrated in Harper Lee 's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird; in these two cases, the defendants were innocent, evidence was inadequate, and there was an unfair jury.
In the Scottsboro Case, the defendants were innocent and there was insufficient evidence to prove otherwise. In this case, they were “facing the test of our racial freedom” (Will We Fight?). In 1931, Scottsboro, Alabama, nine young black men were riding in train with white hobos. When a fight broke out amongst them, two white girls were found riding the train illegally. These women were not allowed to cross-state borders (Linder). The two women alleged …show more content…
He was not doing anything wrong, and nothing can justify Brown being shot at six times. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson was shot several times when we was trying to escape. This illustrates police brutality and excessive force on these black men Furthermore, Brown had no criminal record; he was an innocent man who did not deserve to die. There was several eyewitness statements but the only real evidence came from Officer Wilson. Officer Wilson had changed his story several times, and he was never cross-examined (McLaughlin, Elliot C.) Officer Wilson was not charged because there was no evidence to disprove his beliefs. This exemplifies how the evidence in this case was insufficient; but that had was not Mike Brown’s fault. If he was alive, he could have testified against Officer Wilson. Mike Brown’s jury was made of nine whites and three blacks; that is not equal distribution. Besides, Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird has parallels between the
Countless cases have proven that black lives, for some people, did not count for much. More than eighty years after The Scottsboro case and To Kill a Mockingbird, similar racism is still present in current cases. The Scottsboro and the Mike Brown cases display racial injustice that are illustrated in Harper Lee 's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird; in these two cases, the defendants were innocent, evidence was inadequate, and there was an unfair jury.
In the Scottsboro Case, the defendants were innocent and there was insufficient evidence to prove otherwise. In this case, they were “facing the test of our racial freedom” (Will We Fight?). In 1931, Scottsboro, Alabama, nine young black men were riding in train with white hobos. When a fight broke out amongst them, two white girls were found riding the train illegally. These women were not allowed to cross-state borders (Linder). The two women alleged …show more content…
He was not doing anything wrong, and nothing can justify Brown being shot at six times. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson was shot several times when we was trying to escape. This illustrates police brutality and excessive force on these black men Furthermore, Brown had no criminal record; he was an innocent man who did not deserve to die. There was several eyewitness statements but the only real evidence came from Officer Wilson. Officer Wilson had changed his story several times, and he was never cross-examined (McLaughlin, Elliot C.) Officer Wilson was not charged because there was no evidence to disprove his beliefs. This exemplifies how the evidence in this case was insufficient; but that had was not Mike Brown’s fault. If he was alive, he could have testified against Officer Wilson. Mike Brown’s jury was made of nine whites and three blacks; that is not equal distribution. Besides, Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird has parallels between the