of the biggest cases that gravitated everyone’s attention in the country was the murder of Mike Brown. The killing of Mike Brown caught the whole country’s attention almost immediately after the unfortunate death of the young African-American teen. The key thing that stood out the most about the untimely death is Brown was gunned down by law enforcement: a white police officer. The killing of Mike Brown sparked so much negativity in the country that now the views of the law enforcement in today’s
public differs greatly from the reaction to Tom Robinson. Across the United States, riots started on behalf of the verdict of Trayvon Martin. A majority of the nation’s African American population stood up to the verdict. Riots in Los Angeles and other major cities left a lasting imprint of the trial. Also, several celebrities including Beyoncé and Barack Obama commented on the verdict shortly after calling it “a tragedy for America”. During the mayhem, police told Zimmerman to wear a bullet proof
Zimmerman was arrested for the killing of Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old African American teenager. The jury’s verdict: Not guilty of second degree murder and acquitted of manslaughter. Then in August of 2014 Michael Brown an 18 year old African American teenager was shot dead by a white police officer. The fact that both of these young men were unarmed and killed for no apparent reason did not set well with the black
The 1850s were a very divisive time in American history. Americans were becoming ever increasingly divided over the issue of slavery. The heart of the North was abolitionist, or anti-slavery. On the other hand, in the South slavery was widespread to provide workers for the large cotton plantations. This deep rivalry, would ultimately lead to the Civil War. On the abolitionist side, there were many brave key figures who lead the fight. William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist
November 2, 1994, the opening statements that happened on January 24, 1995 and the judgment that was given on October 3, 1995. Former actor and American football star O.J. Simpson was sentenced on two murder counts after the deaths of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend named Ronald Goldman. “The O.J. Simpson trial is considered as the most controversial trial in American criminal history” (Texas Highway Patrol Association Magazine, 2001). Murders of the
severe injuries. The four officers involved were charged and tried for excessive force. Three of the officers were found blameless, while in the fourth’s case no verdict could be reached. Shortly after that in 1992, Los Angeles rioting began due to the outrage from the community. African Americans rioted not just because of the verdict but also due to their perceived long-standing maltreatment by police (Klockars, Ivković, & Haberfeld, 2007). The federal government then pursued the officers with
While watching the movie, “Who Killed Vincent Chin”, there many opinions as to why Vincent Chin was murdered by Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz. However, the most logical reason was the fact that the beating had something to do with the fact that Vincent Chin was Asian. What’s tricky about is that the beating of Vincent Chin may not be racially intended, but it was definitely racially motivated. The movie showed that the city of Detroit already had racial tension against the Japanese due to the fact
March of 2004, Martha Stewart was found guilty of four counts of obstructing justice and lying to investigators about a stock sale that she had made. She showed little emotion as the verdict was read. A symbol of white color crime, Stewart was seen an hour after the reading of the verdict wearing fur and carrying a brown leather bag (CNN, 2004). Stewart sold around 4,000 shares of ImClone stock on December 27, 2011. She avoided $45,673 in losses, because the next day, the Food and Drug Administration
officer jones would believe him. Lots of criminals would do the same thing. In order for xavier to sue officer jones for false arrest, he must find that his arrest was unreasonable. A Judge presiding over this case should take a look at the case Brown v. New York, where the court came to this conclusion in regards to false arrest, “Nevertheless, we agree with the District Court that the false arrest claim was defeated by the officers' qualified immunity claim, although we reach that conclusion by
and the see that Tom is black. Their decision has been made(Lee211). They cannot look past the color of Tom’s skin to see what kind of a person that he really is. Since Tom is black, he has no chance of being freed. The jury has unfairly made their verdict purely based on the fact that Tom is black. The jury will cause Tom to pay the consequences for their blindness to what is really important. Tom will be sentences to execution because people judge books by their covers, and in this case, Tom is the