Liberty, from the perspective of the masses, is the most sought out facet within any governing body. The United States of America takes pride in this allocation of freedom for the people. Founding father, Thomas Jefferson, essentially a pioneer for freedom, aided in revolutionizing society’s monarchical norm by authoring the Declaration of Independence. In essence, The Declaration of Independence liberates the individual and in the process grants the god-given right of “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” According to Jefferson, Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness are vital for any functional governing body. While Jefferson’s words inspired modern day federal laws that dictate freedom within the United States of America, these
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Also about 89% of these stops resulted in no tickets or arrests (Smooth). These stops and frisks tend to happen when one is doing nothing wrong and following the law. Many have felt harassed and belittled by the police force. For example, David Floyd, an African American medical student, was leading one of the biggest cases against racial profiling; he was stopped by the police twice outside of his apartment stated that “It doesn 't matter what kind of person you are, how tough you are. It 's a scary thing because you don 't know what 's going to happen with your life, you don 't know what 's going to happen with your freedom” (Racial Profiling Jost). Even great leaders like President Obama and Oprah Winfrey have “felt profiled by store clerks for shopping while black” (Racial profiling Jost). As one can see people who hold power among our communities, feel as though they are being degraded because of what color their skin is. One is not supposed to be scared of the police force; the police is there to protect and serve every individual accordingly. …show more content…
Many terrorist attacks have happened through the hijacking of planes. Which this has led to airport securities to racially profile people that come from a certain area. That area being the Middle East. Especially ever since 9/11, airport security has begun to make a close association between terrorism and people from the Middle East. Many of these people are citizens of the United States, but in airports they are sent to a different line. In these lines, they are searched way more thoroughly and are asked questions about their relationship to Islam. Due to 9/11 there has been many anti-terrorism acts proposed. Many of these anti-terror policies were made to target immigrants from the Middle East. Gradually passengers that were already checked by transportation security were forced off flights by the crew due to another passenger 's complaint and of their own concerns about someone 's appearances. (Middle Eastern Terrorist Stereotypes and Anti-Terror Policy Support, Welch) After a few acts were passed an act by the name of the Patriot Act was passed by the both houses to be able to keep an eye on a “terrorist” suspect. Under the Patriot Act law enforcement and government officials were given the capability of having access to personal documents of an individual, such as telephone records, e-mail correspondence, and etcetera. (Middle Eastern Terrorist Stereotypes and Anti-Terror Policy Support,
Also about 89% of these stops resulted in no tickets or arrests (Smooth). These stops and frisks tend to happen when one is doing nothing wrong and following the law. Many have felt harassed and belittled by the police force. For example, David Floyd, an African American medical student, was leading one of the biggest cases against racial profiling; he was stopped by the police twice outside of his apartment stated that “It doesn 't matter what kind of person you are, how tough you are. It 's a scary thing because you don 't know what 's going to happen with your life, you don 't know what 's going to happen with your freedom” (Racial Profiling Jost). Even great leaders like President Obama and Oprah Winfrey have “felt profiled by store clerks for shopping while black” (Racial profiling Jost). As one can see people who hold power among our communities, feel as though they are being degraded because of what color their skin is. One is not supposed to be scared of the police force; the police is there to protect and serve every individual accordingly. …show more content…
Many terrorist attacks have happened through the hijacking of planes. Which this has led to airport securities to racially profile people that come from a certain area. That area being the Middle East. Especially ever since 9/11, airport security has begun to make a close association between terrorism and people from the Middle East. Many of these people are citizens of the United States, but in airports they are sent to a different line. In these lines, they are searched way more thoroughly and are asked questions about their relationship to Islam. Due to 9/11 there has been many anti-terrorism acts proposed. Many of these anti-terror policies were made to target immigrants from the Middle East. Gradually passengers that were already checked by transportation security were forced off flights by the crew due to another passenger 's complaint and of their own concerns about someone 's appearances. (Middle Eastern Terrorist Stereotypes and Anti-Terror Policy Support, Welch) After a few acts were passed an act by the name of the Patriot Act was passed by the both houses to be able to keep an eye on a “terrorist” suspect. Under the Patriot Act law enforcement and government officials were given the capability of having access to personal documents of an individual, such as telephone records, e-mail correspondence, and etcetera. (Middle Eastern Terrorist Stereotypes and Anti-Terror Policy Support,