Blogger #6 Police Brutality

In this exhibition I will demonstrate to you the outrageous tactics that are being used amongst law enforcement to cause harm to our society’s minority groups.  Police Brutality is defined as using excessive or unnecessary force to arrest or bring down an individual. Ever since the 90’s police brutality has became a social issue, but has recently became a diminishing matter. Due to terrorism occurring abroad and the upcoming presidential elections the media has lost its eyes on the police brutality issue. Police brutality didn’t really become a trending social issue until after the death of Florida native Trayvon Martin. After this horrific incident we continue to see frequent cases of police brutality. What’s disappointing is that these policemen are primarily targeting our nation’s minority groups. Overall, they are bringing harm to the African American and Latino communities. We are coming to the end of a tumultuous year and I still see no justice being brought. We are heading towards the future and we the citizens are the only ones who can create a change. This has been a hectic year. We have seen activists engage in riots with policemen. We have seen our people stand up and March on our nation’s capital, but is our word ever going to be heard? Is our voice ever going to create a difference?

This art symbolizes the pain African-Americans go through on a daily basis from being abused and tormented by police officers. The sign one of the individuals holds high over his shoulders says " Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are!" This quote was written by our founding father Benjamin Franklin. This quote is being used to show equality and justice for African-Americans.