Police Brutality And Blood-Burning Moon
Blood-Burning Moon: Similarities within Police Brutality Blood-Burning Moon presented the notion of racism in the south that is heavily prevalent today. The story focuses on a love affair similar to Bona and Paul. Bob Stone a white husband is married to his white wife who is in love with an African-American man. Eventually, the wife’s lover kills her husband after being attacked and the town goes ballistic. The fuming and bigoted townsmen hunt Tom Burnwell down as if he is an animal and set him on fire in the middle of the street. This reminds me of countless unarmed black boys that are murdered in the street and body is left there as if they were animals on the side of the road. Tragedies such as these leave the families of the perished
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The New York Times wrote an article on the case and stated “Mr. Brown’s Body had been in the street for more than two hours.” (NY Times) Tom was burned alive and killed in the middle of street just as Mike Brown was killed in the middle of the street. The mob that killed Tom can be classified as the police officers that get away with murdering unarmed black children. “A disproportionate amount of African-Americans were targeted for traffic stops and other low-level violations; the police relied too heavily on the use of force (almost 90 percent of ‘unnecessary force).’” (Chaney & Davis) This leads me to ask why do police feel the need to use excessive force with African-Americans? Is it the same reason that the mob decided to use fire instead of a fistfight with Tom? Does being black in America give non-people of color a reason to believe African-Americans are genetically criminals? As we examine the facts, we remember that Tom was the victim that was harassed and then used self-defense that escaladed in the death of Bob Stone. This is similar to the story of Trayvon Martin. Trayvon was harassed by George Zimmerman, then preceded to protect himself by using self-defense, however Trayvon did not succeed in protecting himself against Zimmerman and his gun. In all of these instances, a family
The New York Times wrote an article on the case and stated “Mr. Brown’s Body had been in the street for more than two hours.” (NY Times) Tom was burned alive and killed in the middle of street just as Mike Brown was killed in the middle of the street. The mob that killed Tom can be classified as the police officers that get away with murdering unarmed black children. “A disproportionate amount of African-Americans were targeted for traffic stops and other low-level violations; the police relied too heavily on the use of force (almost 90 percent of ‘unnecessary force).’” (Chaney & Davis) This leads me to ask why do police feel the need to use excessive force with African-Americans? Is it the same reason that the mob decided to use fire instead of a fistfight with Tom? Does being black in America give non-people of color a reason to believe African-Americans are genetically criminals? As we examine the facts, we remember that Tom was the victim that was harassed and then used self-defense that escaladed in the death of Bob Stone. This is similar to the story of Trayvon Martin. Trayvon was harassed by George Zimmerman, then preceded to protect himself by using self-defense, however Trayvon did not succeed in protecting himself against Zimmerman and his gun. In all of these instances, a family