Respect In America

Each individual who lives in this world is raised with values. As growth and development occur so does learning. An important and common value that should be taught is respect. In America, respect has changed over the course of many years. In the early days many did not have to work for respect, it was just a given. This happened because those people most likely withheld authority. Today, that is not the case. In America, the problem with respect has resulted in many deaths. Those who hold authority are often captured in the news. Police Officers especially. Numerous police officers are amongst those who have lost their lives. For someone who has the job of keeping the public at peace and most importantly safe, they should not be rewarded
It is the biggest problem for those who work in Law Enforcement as well as their families. In the last few years, there has been an issue with racism and discrimination that has lead up to the rise of deaths of African- Americans. Some would say this has been a drawback since America was established. “The parade of lawful violence against black bodies is a terribly old one. No generation of black Americans has been spared the macabre tradition of drilling into its children tips for avoiding death at the hands of the state—not during slavery, not during Jim Crow, not during the indiscriminate War on Drugs, and not in the current era of cops functioning as tax collectors on the poor in decimated municipalities” (Wright, 2016.). The result of these incidents with African Americans and Law Enforcement has sparked the movement of the Black Lives Matter. This movement has made it clear that they are against the abuse by police. They also standup because some police officers do not face punishment when they are in the wrong. Their protests have created a stir that has caused deaths of both sides. But black lives are not the only race experiencing the issue of police brutality. Many people believe that “All Lives Matter” not just one specific race. That is understandable, making police lives just as important. Just because their job and the actions the job makes them commit do not make a person happy does not mean that they don’t deserve respect. In this following event, there is disrespect on both sides of the spectrum. This event points out actions that need to be corrected. If disrespect was not an issue the situations could have turned out