Kalif Browder: Racial Profiling In The Black Community

Racial Profiling is the biggest complaint in the black community, and one of the primary reasons why African Americans are put behind bars at a very fast rate. There could be a young sophisticated black male walking down the street , and because of his height, skin color, attire, and hair he could be stopped and searched. Sometimes the police may mistakenly identify a person as someone else and charge the person , and the individual may spend years behind bars until found innocent. "Blacks in Cleveland received one and a half times (1.53) their proportional share of traffic tickets, while whites received slightly less than two-thirds (0.60) of their share, another minorities received eight per-cent more than their proportional share of tickets (1.08)" (Dunn 971) The quote is saying that African American are pulled over for tickets more than white people. This quote show that cops pull people because they see black skin. A lot of times when a person is found innocent the government do not give them anything to make up for the time that was lost, but instead they throw them back into the world with nothing but confusion.
Kalif Browder was a eighteen year old boy that was found guilty after spending three years in prison for stealing a bag. He told police officers that he did not commit the crime and he was never found guilty, but he sat in jail until he was. After doing his unfair time in jail he experienced many things that caused him to have problems such as psychosis. Kalif Browder was not the person who did the crime, but he was a victim of racial profiling and it caused him his life. This show that the government do not care if you are a smart wise individual because if you look the part of a criminal, they will search you and disrespect