The Vice News clip we watched together in class was a nice piece about individuals feelings on police and gives you a bit about what people think about the police in different countries not just here. I think having an international view on police is important because there are many many countries that have problems with police not just ours. Not to mention in many of these countries the problems with police are far more negative than ours. However with that being said we are still the United States of America; one of the richest and most advanced countries to ever exist. Our police and community relations leave much to be desired. There are many people in the U.S. that don't feel protected by the police but instead feel like targets for policing. I understand this feeling because all the statistics show there are many people apart of minority groups that a jailed at alarming rates. In Chicago alone 89% of the convictions for Marijuana possession are African American compared to a 2% conviction rate for Whites. Now it is important to remember that both groups are being arrest for THE SAME CRIME. Yet the overwhelming majority of people jailed for the same crime are black. Now there are many reasons you can attribute this statistic to, but matter what there is no excuse to jail this amount of people for a drug that is legal in 8 states. I attribute this to the incentive of profit from jailing people which is a serious epidemic in the United States but that's a whole other blog post all together. In summation I trust the police I know, I by no means think police are inherently bad. I do believe many of them are misguided by a broken corrupt system. Like any group of people though there will be a few bad apples
Friday, March 24, 2017
Do I trust the Police?
The Vice News clip we watched together in class was a nice piece about individuals feelings on police and gives you a bit about what people think about the police in different countries not just here. I think having an international view on police is important because there are many many countries that have problems with police not just ours. Not to mention in many of these countries the problems with police are far more negative than ours. However with that being said we are still the United States of America; one of the richest and most advanced countries to ever exist. Our police and community relations leave much to be desired. There are many people in the U.S. that don't feel protected by the police but instead feel like targets for policing. I understand this feeling because all the statistics show there are many people apart of minority groups that a jailed at alarming rates. In Chicago alone 89% of the convictions for Marijuana possession are African American compared to a 2% conviction rate for Whites. Now it is important to remember that both groups are being arrest for THE SAME CRIME. Yet the overwhelming majority of people jailed for the same crime are black. Now there are many reasons you can attribute this statistic to, but matter what there is no excuse to jail this amount of people for a drug that is legal in 8 states. I attribute this to the incentive of profit from jailing people which is a serious epidemic in the United States but that's a whole other blog post all together. In summation I trust the police I know, I by no means think police are inherently bad. I do believe many of them are misguided by a broken corrupt system. Like any group of people though there will be a few bad apples
The Vice News clip we watched together in class was a nice piece about individuals feelings on police and gives you a bit about what people think about the police in different countries not just here. I think having an international view on police is important because there are many many countries that have problems with police not just ours. Not to mention in many of these countries the problems with police are far more negative than ours. However with that being said we are still the United States of America; one of the richest and most advanced countries to ever exist. Our police and community relations leave much to be desired. There are many people in the U.S. that don't feel protected by the police but instead feel like targets for policing. I understand this feeling because all the statistics show there are many people apart of minority groups that a jailed at alarming rates. In Chicago alone 89% of the convictions for Marijuana possession are African American compared to a 2% conviction rate for Whites. Now it is important to remember that both groups are being arrest for THE SAME CRIME. Yet the overwhelming majority of people jailed for the same crime are black. Now there are many reasons you can attribute this statistic to, but matter what there is no excuse to jail this amount of people for a drug that is legal in 8 states. I attribute this to the incentive of profit from jailing people which is a serious epidemic in the United States but that's a whole other blog post all together. In summation I trust the police I know, I by no means think police are inherently bad. I do believe many of them are misguided by a broken corrupt system. Like any group of people though there will be a few bad apples
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