Silver Soul
Well-Known Member
For the past months, the nation have went through many topics concerning deaths of minority Americans such as Michael Brown, John Crawford, Eric Garner and Tamir Rice. Not to mention 2 NYPD cops one being Chinese and the other Hispanic shot by a deranged man from Baltimore. That led to hostility from the NYPD Union's president against the Mayor of NYC who happens to have a bi-racial son who is black himself all because he told what every African-American father say to their son when it comes to police. This eventually died down with infighting going on within the Union and the people of NYC voicing disapproval for turning backs on the NYC Mayor.
Then comes the DOJ report who not only cleared Darren Wilson but also shed light on the Ferguson police who pretty much answered what the protesters have been saying through out the years... The whole Police Department, courts, and jails are racially biased. Ferguson is a town of 66 percent being African-American but they are made 93 percent of arrests and 88 percent of brutal force by police. Even to the point of arresting them for "manner of walking along roadway". Made racist emails about the President Obama, his wife, and minority Americans in general. Not to mention competing on who can make more citations at a single stop and siccing police dogs exclusively on African American citizens. The municipal judge is also behind increasing fines on traffic stops for people being tickets and also helped with getting rid of fines for his family members, friends, and acquaintances within the local government.
Then comes a much deeper issue, this doesn't just extend to Ferguson but also the whole St. Louis region and America itself. Ferguson made 23 percent of the revenue on arrests on against citizen who are not only African-American but also low-income as well.
So begs the question, do law enforcement care more about the safety of its citizens or more about the money being made in the city, even if it meant ruining lives of citizens like one who lost his job as a contractor?
Then comes the DOJ report who not only cleared Darren Wilson but also shed light on the Ferguson police who pretty much answered what the protesters have been saying through out the years... The whole Police Department, courts, and jails are racially biased. Ferguson is a town of 66 percent being African-American but they are made 93 percent of arrests and 88 percent of brutal force by police. Even to the point of arresting them for "manner of walking along roadway". Made racist emails about the President Obama, his wife, and minority Americans in general. Not to mention competing on who can make more citations at a single stop and siccing police dogs exclusively on African American citizens. The municipal judge is also behind increasing fines on traffic stops for people being tickets and also helped with getting rid of fines for his family members, friends, and acquaintances within the local government.
Then comes a much deeper issue, this doesn't just extend to Ferguson but also the whole St. Louis region and America itself. Ferguson made 23 percent of the revenue on arrests on against citizen who are not only African-American but also low-income as well.
So begs the question, do law enforcement care more about the safety of its citizens or more about the money being made in the city, even if it meant ruining lives of citizens like one who lost his job as a contractor?