Dr. Martin Luther King, a very famous and prestigious figure in the African American community, has found himself behind bars. The previously noted significant contributors were mainly focused on poverty and the depravation involving the community. But the contributing factors to Dr. Kings’ arrests were concretely different. Dr. Kings’ efforts have greatly impacted the American people, despite race or culture. The background of the civil rights leader is clearly known among the African American race. So it is needless to say, there are more than aspects of poverty and unattained education that influences the rate of incarceration among African American males. There is also a high rate of African American men who were/are falsely imprisoned. In today’s society, racial discrimination still exists; these are factors that cant be ignored. Among these cases of false imprisonment, African American men hold a significant percentage of these convictions. Many people would think the accomplishments of the African American community would be enough to overshadow these conflicts. Despite the progression of our justice system, flaws still exists; like police brutality.
1. Sean Bell, 23 years old and New York resident, brutally killed by the NYPD( African American)
2. Emmett Till, a 14 year old boy, brutally killed for whistling a white woman( African American)
3. Bernard Monroe, a 73 year old retired utility worker, killed by police( African American)
4. Oscar Grant, a 23 year old male shot by police ( African American)
These are just a few stories that involve police brutality on African American men. In correspondence to these events, the African community retaliates with more illegal activity such as police assault. The focus of these problems in the African American community are not stemmed from them but outside sources { mainly authority figures}. Even though the mentality and opportunities have advanced in the African American community, there are still aspects in need of a dire change.
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