Friday, January 23, 2015
Racism/Mike Brown
The whole Mike Brown situation/killing is just too
controversial. They proved Mike Brown’s killer, policeman Darren Wilson,
innocent. Between the police, Mike
Brown’s family, the media, and citizens of the U.S., everyone is going insane
over the decision that the jury made on this trial. Some people feel as if
Wilson just wanted to shoot Brown because he was black and because he had the
power to just because he was an officer, others feel as if Wilson was actually
under attack and he did what he had to do for him not to get injured. People
began to riot and protest against police an officer because this was not the
first time a situation like that has happened and they feel like the legal
system is being unfair and discriminating against race. In their eyes, racism
is not dead. Mike Brown’s family and most U.S. citizens think that there was no
justice served for Brown. This one decision is turning the U.S. upside down. I
feel that because we were not there to witness the whole situation with our own
two eyes, we should not assume what happened. I am not taking sides because I
do feel as if racism still does exist, but I am saying nobody knows what
struggle Mike Brown put and nobody knows what Darren Wilson faced dealing with
Mike Brown. I think we all need to stop making assumptions and come together as
one and find peace within. One nation, one country, a unity is what I am
imagining. No more fighting, justice and equality for all!
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The problem with justice is that everyone has their own opinion of what justice is. The Brown family would not like to believe their child was capable of murdering a cop or any wrong doing for that matter and the police department would like to believe their officers would do whats right in the face of danger. The problem is that the media twist and turns the facts and displays them to society, so now the people have an opinion in a matter they should have not been involved in. The family would like their justice (eye-for-eye), and the police department is seeking their opinion of justice and then the people feel the need to input their opinion of justice as well. The courts decided the proper judgement they deemed fit, but to reiterate, any decision would seem unfair to someone because justice is an opinion of the highest position.
ReplyDeleteFor example: The time is 1939, German is under Nazi regime. Adolf Hitler quickly rose to power inspiring the fallen country after the devastating World War I. Hitler's definition of justice was twisted and he implored that onto German. German rose to a dominating power deciding who lives and dies, that was their definition of Justice, of good. They thoroughly believed they were doing good but again others (USA) deemed them wrong. Justice is an OPINION not a fact. I will leave you with a quote by Winston Churchill, "History is written by the Victors".
I wholeheartedly agree with you. Racism most definitely is still alive and well, and I keep speak from personal experience. But when it comes to the Mike Brown situation, you couldn't be more right. As controversial as the opinion may be, justice does in fact differ from person to person.
ReplyDeleteI understand that everyone wants justice, and between the protesters' and the governments' idea of justice, nobody can really tell whose justice is superior or skewed. Unfortunately, much like the Zimmerman/Martin case, these things cannot have a definite answer to the question: what exactly is the just decision?