What Is The Role Of Racism In The Criminal Justice System

The saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover” does not seem to not apply to black men. The system has always been judging black men because of what color their skin is on the outside. In the article “Michael Brown and Black Men”, Charles Blow showed a black man can be unarmed and still be killed. The film, The Central Park Five, proves that if you are a black or latino boy in the wrong place at the wrong time, especially if it involves a white women being raped, you are automatically guilty. Our system has found many ways to convict African Americans of crimes they have not committed. Will there ever be a permanent solution to fix our racist system? In the United States many whites have access to better housing, employment and even education.
There is no solution to break the systemic problems towards racism. I believe that there is no permanent solution because we still cannot acknowledge the fact that racism still exists. There are also many people out there who cannot see themselves equal to another race. I believe that if we are trying to fix something, everyone should be on board. Even though we might find ways to make the system a little better, there is no permanent solution. Our biggest failure in the system is when a white officer kills a black man because he feels his race makes him a threat. There is often no punishment for killing by police. In the article “Michael Brown and Black Men”, Brown was an unarmed 18 year old who was shot six times by Darren Wilson. Brown was unarmed and for a cop to shoot him six times when he is unarmed is suspicious. Charles M. Blow states that “The killing of Michael Brown has tapped into something bigger than Michael Brown.” Our criminal justice system is letting many white officers get away with murders of which they should have been convicted. The killing of blacks by white officers has become a trend, and we cannot resolve that problem when our criminal justice system is not
Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise, and Yusef Salaam confessed to her rape after hours of being interrogated by the officers. They served many years in jail after a man named, Matias Reyes a serial rapist admitted to the crime, and with the DNA result he was a match. The boys lost their childhood in jail because the cops wanted to catch the rapist so fast they ignored the evidence that was right in front of their faces. Even after the boys got out of jail they were many who still believed that they were