If there is one thing that the humans are historically bad at doing it's admitting their own faults. Hubris blinds us from seeing the bigger issues That, I believe, is the sole reason why the world that we live in is unjust. It's full of people who are misusing their power positions like Kim Davis, a disgruntled county clerk. There are also people prosecuted for crimes they never committed just because they are in poverty as Bryan Stevenson teaches us. People are also judged because of their skin color and not by their personalities like Ahmed Mohamed, a freshman apprehended for building clock . of the larger picture of why the world is an unjust place.
People in power positions are expected to follow all the rules imposed by the government but this is not always true. Kim Davis is the county clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky. She recently received a lot of media
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The police wouldn't listen to people who had direct evidence in the crime just because they were low-class and didn't have a lot of money. The
law enforcement also bribed people to give false affidavits that pit them against an innocent person. Corrupted police forces are still a huge problem in America. Unjust incarceration also happen in this day and age.
Ahmed Mohamed is a freshman in a high school in Texas. Ahmed's hobby was inventing small gadgets, he created a small clock in a pencil case and decided to bring it to school to show his engineering teacher. When the school found out they had Ahmed arrested for "making a fake bomb". The police that interrogated him said that he was being suspicious because he only said that it was a clock and wouldn't elaborate. They had 6 officers interrogate him and obviously seeing that he was nervous; they made racist remarks at him. This just shows that some people can't see beyond skin color, especially in the
In the novel Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, the main character is Richie Perry. At seventeen he graduated high school in Harlem, and he wanted to go to college, but his mother couldn’t afford to send him to college since she was an alcoholic. So he joined the army to escape his unfortunate future, but joining the army meant he had to leave his little brother Kenny, who saw him as a father figure since their father left when they were younger. Perry was sent to Vietnam and through his journey, he made lifelong bonds with many different people such as PeeWee, Monaco, and etc. Also in his journey, he suffers from mental and physical wounds.
At this point, I am half way done with Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. While reading this book, I have made many personal connections and opinions. To give you some background on this book, I will explain a little bit of what I've obtained so far. Just Mercy is a memoir about a lawyer, Bryan Stevenson, who exposes the flaws in the justice system. Many of the flaws that he reveals are cases of racism; where prejudice prevails over evidence.
The real question is, does Kim Davis deserve to be put in jail? Kim definitely should go to jail because she broke the law (source A). She directed her office to stop providing marriage licenses to any applicants (A), which takes away the Constitutional rights of others. Teressa Frazier said she, “thought Davis should be impeached for her refusal to issue the licenses” (D).
“I never spent a thought about numbers; the Americans were invincible in my opinion. If anything affected me, it was a stronger desire to see them.” Continental Army soldier, Joseph Plum Martin shares his experience of the Revolutionary War through his book, Ordinary Courage. The bravery, courage, and patriotism expressed throughout the novel shows off Martin’s immense strength and perseverance. The soldiers fought through the trials of starvation, disease, lack of supplies, and vicious battles against the British troops.
In the novel Anthrax Connexion Steve exemplifies several acts of racism. Steve made the assumption that the terrorists responsible for killing innocent civilians with the anthrax were Arabs. He proclaimed this several times as he believed that all Arabs and Muslims are terrorists. This inevitably turns out to be a false accusation as they were not involved in the terrorist acts. In society, it is easy to make assumptions about the colour of people’s skin, culture or religion if you are not part of it and are ill-informed.
Three Kansas City police score unit officer’s Jeffrey M. Bell, Dustin Sillings, and Darryl M. Forrest were charged with theft of federal government property, conspiracy against rights and deprivation of rights under color of the law. The Kansas City police officer were caught by FBI (Federal bureau of Investigation). The Kansas City police officers stole several items and cash in a house that had surveillance cameras during a staged sting operation. The type of situation always makes people wonder what would make these people want to do something like this? Why would the officers discarded their commitment to the city to protect and serve as they swore to do so?
Could you imagine a family member convicted of a felony you know they didn't commit? This happens in the book Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson which is also a memoir of Bryan Stevenson's life as a criminal justice lawyer. This book takes place in the 1980s in small Monroe County in Alabama where Walter McMillan, an African American man lives with his family. Monroe County is a poor community in a predominantly African American community. Stevenson at that time lived in Virginia.
Overall mankind most of the time does best under high expectations and, accountability for oneself 's actions lies upon the
Police racism is a very big problem in America. The killings of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and Walter Scott are other examples of police racism and brutality as well. Reasons behind police racism and brutality are simple. People still have a certain way that they think about people of color.
Toni Morrison's A Mercy, betrayal is an essential theme. It is betrayal that leads to the change in some character's personalities and behaviors. Florens' life is the outcome of two crucial betrayals, the first being from her own mother. At a young age she was agonized by the feeling of rejection, feeling as though she'd been "thrown away" by her mother. Fortunately, Lina treated her as her very own, taking good care of her, protecting her, and telling her stories. "
“The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man.” said by Friedrich Nietzsche. Man has destroyed everything he has touched, whether it 's the tree in the forest or the dog who brought him a bone. He has either killed it to make way for his home or enslaved it to do his own biding. While it might seem strange for man to walk into the twenty first century and still his morals have yet to change, but it his birthmark and will never be able to get rid of it. Mark Twain had once mention in his satirical essay,”The Lowest Animal”, how man is born with a defect; moral sense.
Since when does that stop a detective from doing his job? It all starts one to thinking that the police department or city has someone in it that is powerful enough to stop this cold case from being investigated. The police chief that was in office in 1975 was said to be a friend of the man that ordered this murder. Is this police department corrupt and if so how far does this
Throughout a student’s high school Language Arts experience, it is important for them to be exposed to texts that stimulate meaningful discussions and allow them to connect the texts’ themes to their everyday lives. Therefore, incorporating Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson in the tenth grade curriculum would add significant value to students’ education because this novel teaches students to look beyond first impressions and to show empathy for others. The various accounts of criminal cases in Just Mercy explore the harm in relying solely on initial judgements to form opinions on a person or situation. For instance, Walter McMillian, an African American man whose case is the main focus of the novel, was convicted for a crime he did not
Because police brutality has increased to such extremes, misconduct has had many impacts on society and the law. Currently, there is great mistrust between citizens and police departments. Just as the King attacking caused riots in the L.A community, the recent brutality reports have caused major issues in cities nationwide. Some of these reports include the 1999, Amadou Diallo case when he came home from work and was shot at 41 times by the police and died. There was also the Eric Garner quandary in 2014 who was choked to death by police.
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. By Bryan Stevenson. Spiegel & Grau, 2015. Pp. 368.