The viewers were able to see discrimination. The flim showed how white people was being ruthless to the African American community. Police was being lenient about the activity that was taking place in the community and wasn’t caring for nobody. There were scenes in the movie where it got place but, the most famous scene was when Radio Raheem had an altercation with Sal owner of the pizzeria. As the argument took place outside, I riot broke loose. Raido Raheem was fighting sal and an officer put him in a illegal …show more content…
Burning his restaurant was a little bit too much, but it the heat of the moment it made sense. If you look at the big picture, everybody in the community was angry and had to express themselves. Its good they wasn’t going against each other. Mookie action got the Mayor attention and making him and the police scared. I predict if Mookie didn’t start the riot, after the cops killed Radio Raheem the different race and ethnic group would of started to point fingers at each other then a brawl would of broke out. Everyone should just come together as one and fight for justice. No need for people to fight each other everybody should come in peace. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy,” Martin Luther King