Scar Of Stop And Frisk Analysis

It shouldn’t matter how a person looks but what he is doing that affects the community.When I see police officers I think they are racist and stereotype people. It’s so important to examine the criminal justice system because it’s a serious problem for everyone. The Justice system affects everyone especially your family and society. The criminal justice system in the U.S is not fair because it has numerous people locked up, targets people of color and economically affects the community and their families.

First Off, the United States has more people locked up behind bars more than any other nation and for smaller crimes. The article states that the United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population. But it has almost a quarter
For Example, the fact that innocent people are stopped, with the Stop and Frisk is unfair because they are being stopped for the wrong reasons. In “Scars of Stop and Frisk” a video on The New York Times, Tyquon, a young African-American male talks about his experiences with stop and frisk. In the video The Scars of Stop and Frisk, Tyquan said,” When you are young and black, no matter how you look you fit the description.” This evidence shows that it’s not about what they are doing when they are being stopped, it's more about how they look. This supports my claim because it is informing us that they get stopped just because of their skin color not because they are committing a crime. Police stopping innocent African Americans demonstrates that police aren’t doing their job right and seem to care more about appearance. It should never be based on people of color. When you get stopped, sometimes you end up getting locked up because of what you done or said to the officers which is a big deal because you are treated differently once you are out of jail. I feel like it’s never been okay for police officers to stop African Americans because we all have different personalities and overall we should all feel equal instead of being stereotyped because of our
In “Prison and the Poverty Trap” an article on The New York TImes, John Smith presents a story about Carl Harris, an African American male who went to jail and struggled after coming out. The article states “Incarceration typically reduces annual earnings by 40 percent for the typically male former prisoner.” If Incarceration reduces annual earnings by 40 percent, that means it will be hard for males to maintain their family.”We all know that it’s so important to talk about Women getting payed less than man. This is important to discuss because if a male that has been locked up, has the annual earning reduced by 40 percent, it will be hard to raise their family because both male and female will not get the minimum wage paid. This demonstrates that a lot of man who are being locked up are struggling to maintain their family because they have been locked up and not only are they are being paid less but it’s hard to find a job after being locked up. This would affect their community because since people who have been locked up aren’t getting paid the right amount they might end up