The Wilmington Ten Film Analysis

Being just in the American criminal justice system is a topic that is highly debated. Some believe the system is just, while others believe it is a flawed. The truth however, is that humans are not always right. God is the only who can practice justice in complete perfection, because humans are not perfect. Although many people in the American criminal justice system have good intentions, sadly that does not necessarily mean they are always just. The American criminal justice system tries to be truly just and has been before, but humans are not perfect and cannot always be truly just.

The following line from The Florida Project best sums up the film: “You know why this is my favourite tree? Cause it’s tipped over and it’s still growing.” Spoken by Moonee while eating jelly sandwiches with Jancey on the trunk of a lush, collapsed tree, the line draws a perfect similarity between the fallen tree’s continued growth and the motel residents’ efforts to trudge through poverty despite their representations in society. Sean Baker’s The Florida Project depicts Moonee, a six-year old living at the Magic Castle (a dilapidated motel just outside Walt Disney World) with her unemployed mother Halley. It takes place during the summer, where Moonee spends her time causing mischief with her friends Scooty and Jancey. Baker’s intention with the film was to illustrate the juxtaposition of poor families living on a weekly basis in motels near Walt Disney World, the supposed happiest place on Earth where tourists enjoy their vacation. This essay will examine Baker’s depiction of the hidden homeless, along with the representations of race and

The death toll among these police brutality victims is extremely alarming. Every year police in the United States kill hundreds of people—461 in 2013, according to incomplete FBI statistics based on self-reporting from local law enforcement agencies, and more than 1,000 in 2014 according to Champion, which combs through media reports. The fatal shooting in August of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in an interaction that began over jaywalking propelled the issue of police violence and excessive force into the national news cycle. The police response to subsequent protests similarly propelled the issue of militarized police into the national news cycle (Champion,

Another form of discrimination is police brutality to black minorities. Black minorities in the United states of america are beaten, violated and murdered by officers of the law that sword to protect and serve them. Police brutality is an issue that needs to be stopped. One example of police brutality was the incident regarding Michael Brown. Michael Brown was a 18 year old African American that was fatally shot by a white officer by the name of Darren Wilson. Michael Brown was caught on footage stealing. Darren Wilson seen the two men that he thought matched The robbery suspects so he backed his car to block them. Officer Wilson stopped brown and brown was unarmed turned his face to officer Wilson and moved towards him. Wilson fired at brown

Cases like Michael Brown, shot 6 times by former police officer Darren Wilson have cause turmoil in the black community. Brown was unarmed when he was shot by an officer. There are many unknown facts over the case that people tend to deduct themselves. Some theories

It 's been about a year and a half since 18 year old Michael Brown was shot by Officer Darren Wilson. This ordeal still holds a lot of controversy. I, myself believe that Wilson 's action were unjustifiable and way worse than just unfair. Regardless of whether or not Michael had stolen something, shooting to kill was unnessecary. It was also unacceptabe and disrespectful for his body to be taken away hours later and in a cop car. When I heard about what had happened I was enraged because it seemed that once again race had made the situation sticky. However, if we were to take away the fact that Michael was black and Wilson was white, it still would not have made Wilson 's actions any better. When you look at the statistics of the matter you can 't help but place blame on the justice system. 1 in 15 black men are incarcerated in comparison to 1 in 106 white men. This to me is a gap that is to huge to call a coincidence. Racial profiling and subliminal messages on T.V. make criminal charges look more and more like a death sentence for young black

In Chapter 1 of The Wilmington Ten, Janken wrote about how students from all-white high schools could have been dispersed into all-black high schools in Wilmington, North Carolina in order to help integrate the school system. Instead, only students from the all black high school were dispersed into two different all-white high schools because the community good was defined by what was acceptable to whites. This is relevant to the course theme of critically assessing the significance of events in North Carolina’s African American history because “white privilege” is very prominent in today’s time. For example, Americans of color are far more likely to be victims of law enforcement officers than white Americans. There has been a plethora of killings of African Americans by police

The shooting occurred on August 9, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Brown was caught on surveillance stealing Cigarillos from a convenience store and then shoved the store’s clerk out of his way. After the incident took place Darren Wilson was informed by a police dispatch of the robbery and the criminal’s physical descriptions. Wilson encountered the suspect walking in the middle of the street hindering traffic. He then recognized Brown, because he matched the dispatch description. Wilson backed up his vehicle to block them and that led to a grapple between Brown and Wilson through the window of the police vehicle until Wilson's gun was fired. Brown fled a couple of miles then turned and faced the police officer, hands in the air, supposedly surrendering or attacking the officer, but was surprisingly shot several times until he fell on the ground

The Scottsboro Boys were nine black boys people blamed in Alabama for assaulting two white ladies on a train in 1931. The cases from this occurrence managed prejudice and the privilege to a reasonable trial. The cases incorporated a lynch swarm before the suspects had been arraigned, every white jurie, surged trials, and problematic crowds. It is refered to as an illustration of a general unnatural birth cycle of equity in the United States legitimate framework.

On August 9, 2014, eighteen-year-old Michael Brown was shot by Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. The shooting caused protests and has drawn the world’s attention because Michael Brown was an unarmed black man while Darren Wilson is a white police officer. People believe Michael Brown’s shooting involves a racial tension between blacks and whites since Brown was unarmed and surrendered. In Ferguson, the majority of people are African Americans, and the majority of police officers are white. On the night of the shooting incident, Brown was walking home and confronted by Wilson because Wilson thought Brown was suspicious. There was a struggle between Brown and Wilson. According to Brown’s friend, Wilson started the fight. Wilson was violent toward Brown and shot Brown several times even though Brown had already surrendered and put up his hands in the air. People who are on Brown’s side claim that a white police officer abused his power, and a sign of race discrimination among police officers.

The killing of Michael Brown led to an outrage within the black community in Ferguson due to the failure for the indictment of Darren Wilson, the police officer who was responsible for the murder. Michael Brown was shot by Darren Wilson 6 times. The Ferguson community believe the justice system is broken and argue that the killing shows racial profiling at its peak. The Ferguson Police Department left Michael Browns body on the street and they also refused to answer questions to identify the officer that had killed Michael Brown. The New York Times, an American newspaper company, states that “The grand juries task was to determine whether there was probable cause to believe that Officer Wilson should be charged with a crime, and if so, which one.” Darren Wilson should have been charged with murder. There was no need of shooting Michael Brown with several bullets. Darren Wilson thought he had done the right thing, but he had no right in shooting an unarmed black male multiple times. The United States Department of Justice states, “even a relatively routine of misconduct by Ferguson police officers can have significant consequences for the people whose right are violated” (Department of Justice, 6). Although Darren Wilson was not indicted, he still went through severe consequences by the Ferguson Police

The media loves to exploit any story where they can throw the race card and this case is a huge example of this. In the video, “How Racist are Ferguson Police?” it states that police in Ferguson have “established clear racial disparities that adversely impact African Americans” but people seem to ignore the fact that the reason Michael Brown was alerted to the police in the first place was because he committed theft. When a police officer sees a person who fits the description of a criminal it is his job to address the issue, and that is what officer Darren Wilson did. Brown went after Wilson and there is factual evidence of Brown’s blood being found on the gun and in the car of Officer Wilson. Wilson did not shoot Brown because he was black, but because he was dealing with a criminal who was posing a threat to his life. That is not a reflection of racism but an example of self-defense. This is a depiction of cross cultural racism because society took a situation where a black person committed a crime but blamed a white person for doing his

The author of ‘USA Today’ speaks about the controversial story of what really happened regarding the Michael Brown shooting. The author explains how in the first story, it was said that officer Darren Wilson was harassing Michael Brown for walking in the middle of the street, leading up to him hitting Michael Brown with the car door and proceeding to shoot him several times. Meanwhile, in the second story the author tells how Michael Brown reaches into the squad car while officer Darren Wilson was in it, hitting him in the face and reaching for the gun; causing the officer to release fire as defense. The author also stated that even with evidence from eyewitnesses, the grand jury determined that the shooting was a lawful tragedy, and not

I have chosen to write my paper over the Michael Brown shooting. When this tragic event took place on August 9th, 2014, I never looked into the case. The only info that I knew was from what I have heard on the radio and seen on television. I automatically assumed that Darren Wilson, the police officer, was one hundred percent guilty of murder. After doing further research, I have found out that was not the case. I also wondered how many other people out there in the world are also ignorant to the fact of how many factors played into the shooting, including communication. This whole situation could have been avoided with one simple minute to think things over. Hopefully I am able to provide you with enough details to better explain why I believe

Michael Brown’s death proved how race played a role in the police system. The alteration was a interracial conflict. People were outraged and fed up