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Taylor Coleman

Professor Debra Jizi

UWRITE 1104

11 November 2017

Double Entry Journal

Citation:

democracynow. Michelle Alexander: Ferguson Shows Why Criminal Justice System of Racial

Control Should Be Undone. YouTube, YouTube, 4 Mar. 2015,

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The justice departments study Since there is proof of foul

of Fergusons records from misconduct, what have the

2012 to 2014 found African Ferguson police done to address

Americans made up 93% of this issue and learn from it?

arrests in Ferguson while

accounting for only 67% of the

population

The report found in 88% of What about black people could

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the cases in which Ferguson make them feel so threatened?

police used force it was against Were the instances about dog

African Americans and all bites only from the Ferguson

fourteen cases of police dog riots or were they used in other

bites involved blacks. circumstances as well?

With traffic stops, African Even though whites are more

American motorists are twice likely to carry around possession

as likely to be searched when of drugs and substances, when

pulled over, even those they are pulled over, are they

searches of white drivers are often held accountable or do

more likely to turn up drugs or they receive warnings?

other contraband.

One email sent by a Ferguson This is why its important that

police of municipal court people with prejudiced views

official joked in 2008 Barack not serve in areas where they are

Obama would not remain as sworn to protect the public.

president for long because There is no way we can fully

what black man holds a steady trust you if it is possible your

job for four years. views could withhold you from

fully doing your job.

Its difficult you know as a How is it fair that black children

mother to have to tell your son, and other children of color have
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my ten year old son, that I to grow up earlier than white

knew that the officer who shot children? Why do they have to

Michael brown wouldnt be be so responsible during their

charged and I knew it before youth? Its not fair that they

the grand jury came back...I dont have the right to make

knew it because police officers mistakes and learn from them

are almost never charged for without having the fear of losing

killing unarmed black men and their life or freedom.

thats the way it is in this

country.

Today in this current era you It is the very concept of

know a time of so-called colorblindness that has created

colorblindness the age of problems within society. We

Obama, parents have to have cannot act as if we dont see

conversations with their race because we do, dismissing

children that are eerily color also dismisses the history

reminiscent of the kinds of of struggle that people of color

conversations parents had to have endured, and that is wrong.

have with their kids decades

ago.