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As being a minority, I personally know racism exists. The President of the United States being a racist himself is sending the messages to other people that it is okay to discriminate minorities. Even in the criminal justice field, racism exists. The killings of many African Americans by white cops has brought the subject to light and people ask themselves, "Are all cops racist? " I strongly believe that all cops are not racist, but I cannot say it does not exist.
I found an interesting article called, "Fourteen Examples of Racism in Criminal Justice" by Bill Quigley. I learned in this article that thousands of people have been arrested or went through an unfair arrest because of racism. This article does not just mention opinions, it states statistics and facts. One important fact it stated is that blacks and Latinos are stopped and frisked more than whites. According to The statistics given by the New York Police Department, it says that 85 percent are blacks and Latinos and only 8 percent are white. This concludes that some innocent people were locked up unfairly.This negativity makes society segregated and people to not trust all cops. I learned that there are many unfair discriminating situations in the criminal justice field.
I think something needs to drastically change in the criminal justice field for it to be seen as less racist. No matter what race, cops should respect everyone and arrest people for anything that is a crime not their skin color. This encourages me even more to be a police officer to show that all cops are not racist because I respect and acknowledge that we live in a very multicultural world.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-quigley/fourteen-examples-of-raci_b_658947.html
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