Lets Get Political

Let us continue looking into the case of Ahmaud Arbery, which has recently outraged the world once again. Not too long ago, there was a video released by a bystander who had seen the crime being taken place. This video gave the Ahmaud Arbery case solid evidence that a murder was being taken place in broad daylight. This case has now received the support of many individuals who have been part of the Black Lives Matters movement. We started to see some justice being served with the two suspects, Greg McMichael and Travis McMichael, being arrested due to the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. Although there has been an uproar from many democratic and liberal supporters, there have also been conservatives who still claim that the killing of Ahmaud Arbery is justified. There has been a Facebook support group for Greg McMichael and Travis McMichael that brought in quite a bit of attention and outrage. The direct quote from their Facebook page is shown below.  "These 2 God-fearing men wer...

The justice system throughout history has shown that it targets minorities in a very unfair manner. This is shown in many different ways specifically, let us talk about New York Cities stop and frisk policy. This policy allowed police officers to stop New Yorkers, interrogate and search them simply due to "reasonable suspicion." This policy started because of the high crime rates in New York City, but this is deemed to be not a plausible way to stop the crime rates from going up. The stops mainly targeted the African American and Hispanic populations. In 2019, 13,4459 stops were recorded by the NYPD. Of these 13,459 stops, 66% were innocent, 59% were black, 29% were Hispanic, and 9% were white. The stop-and-frisk policy came into play in 1968. It was often called the Terry stops because of the court case Terry vs. Ohio. This court case said that the stops had to be "reasonable." By 1999, Hispanic and African Americans accounted for 50% of New York City but made up...