{"id":19876,"date":"2020-06-16T17:25:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T21:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=19876"},"modified":"2020-06-17T22:24:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T02:24:18","slug":"without-justice-black-lives-cant-thrive-in-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/without-justice-black-lives-cant-thrive-in-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Without Justice, Black Lives Can\u2019t Thrive In Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Power, injustice, and brutality. These three words all have something in common; they are emblems of a monumental issue that is prevalent in today\u2019s societal climate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/george-floyds-name-lives-on-during-nationwide-protests\/\">clashes between civilians and police<\/a><\/span>, the competency of politicians being put into question, and <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/06\/13\/us\/george-floyd-protests-cities-photos.html\">racial tensions surging in our country<\/a><\/span>\u2014we are truly living in restless times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is happening in our world right now is testing the integrity of our social systems and pitting people against each other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my opinion, some police officers are killing innocent people because they are simply corrupt and evil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, people are stepping up and fighting for the equality and safety of Black people in the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Mapping Police Violence, Black people are three times more likely to be killed by police than white people, and 1.3 times more likely to be killed by police while unarmed in comparison to white people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Michael Brown and Breonna Taylor\u2014young black individuals with promising futures ahead of them\u2014to George Floyd, a father of five who was turning his life around, too many innocent Black people have died in vain at the hands of law enforcement. For decades, tension between police officers and minority communities has been far too prevalent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In many of these cases, police officers have been given light sentences or simply suspended from their jobs. In addition, Black people and other minorities are often jailed for minor or nonviolent offenses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why is it that a Black man in Florida can be sentenced to eight years in prison for marijuana possession, while a white man in California is sentenced to a mere six months for raping an unconscious woman? Clearly, our justice system is broken.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is our duty to fight for respect. We need to demand that the police protect us, not kill us. People are protesting because change is needed. Racism and injustice can\u2019t be embedded into institutions that are there to ensure the protection of our communities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As long as Black individuals are killed by police when their hands are up in the air, when they are running, when they are on the floor, when they are just chilling in their homes, when they are unarmed and when they can&#8217;t breathe, we should never be content and we should never be silent.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power, injustice, and brutality. These three words all have something in common; they are emblems of a monumental issue that is prevalent in today\u2019s societal climate.\u00a0 With clashes between civilians and police, the competency of politicians being put into question, and racial tensions surging in our country\u2014we are truly living in restless times. 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