Examples Of Racism In The Court System

Racism in The American Court System The American Court System was composed to be as fair and just as possible for everyone, but racial stereotyping and prejudices may have turned the court system towards favoring certain races over other ones. People of color are being unfairly judged as criminals by not only citizens, but police officers as well, resulting in injury, or even death of many innocent minorities. The media have made a big impact on fixing these hate crimes, but it is not enough to eradicate the racial injustice that the court system has. On March Third, 1991 minority Rodney King is stopped for speeding on the 210 freeway by two California Highway Patrol Officers. King is told to step out of the vehicle, after doing so King resists arrest by the officers, urging the officers to first taze King and then beat him to the ground over fifty times with metal batons, breaking several bones including his skull, and causing nerve damage in his face. after the incident all five attacking officers and their commanding sergeant were put on trial for "assault by force
Zimmerman stopped Martin. Zimmerman allegedly got into a scuffle with Martin, leading him to shoot and kill the unarmed teen. Immediately after killing Martin, George Zimmerman reported it to the police.even though Zimmerman “ knew his acts were unlawful, and committed those acts in open defiance of the law."(No federal civil rights in Trayvon Martin case) was left unpenalized because of Florida’s Stand Your Ground laws. This incident not only ended the life of an innocent minority, but also devastated the lives of his family, and affected families all around the country. The Trayvon Martin Foundation was started in order to prevent similar incidents to happen to other