Thursday, September 24, 2015

Justice For King

At the beginning of the Documentary on Rodney King, Hip Hop and the LA Riots, I was confused and disgusted on the acts the African Americans were committing.  I believed that attacking people who weren't black were being beating up and assaulted, and burning down buildings was completely wrong. But when It went into depth about why they did it or what was their motivate, It made me understand that those acts were due to injustice because of their race and skin color. They wanted to assault people; drag them out of their car like rag dolls and beat them up to send the police a message that what they did to King was tolerated, especially when they were found innocent.  Not every African American approached the problem the same way, some prayed and tried to send the word out that what African Americans were doing to their town was incorrect. They had back history that made African Americans grow anger thinking that history would never change. Psychologically, they did it because everyone was commuting crime, therefore they all believed it was morally and ethically correct. Its sad to admit that police brutally against colored people still exist. I predict that as  more police brutally increases throughout years, the L.A riots could reoccur.

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  1. I agree with this post that if more and more police brutality cases pop up that the likelihood of another riot is very probable. However we also need to account for the fact that not all police are like this and that a lot are doing their job the way they are supposed too. Unfortunately there will always be one officer that has a bad day or a power trip and this stereotypes the cops in the area greatly and makes all of them look like an enemy to not be trusted.

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