Emmett Till Murder Case Report

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In 1955, Emmett Till was murdered in Mississippi because he was wrongly accused of whistling at a white woman. In January of 1956 his murderers were acquitted and went on to have their confessions published. In 2012, Trayvon Martin was murdered in Florida because he looked suspicious. Although one could hear the voice recording of the verbal altercation between George Zimmerman and Martin, he was still found not guilty of murdering yet another black boy in America based on race. In 2014, Mike Brown was murdered in Missouri because he was aggressive and dangerous. This shooting was recorded and had several witnesses, but the police officer whose duty is to protect and to serve was found innocent of slaying a black life. So, when the great W.E.B. …show more content…
When racism is discussed when innocent black lives are murdered people often mention, “What about the black on black crime?”. One way to break that myth is that per the Bureau of Justice Statistics there was a less than 10% difference between black on black and white on white crime. So there is no great difference between interracial violent crimes. Also, what most fail to realize is that black on black crime justice is swift. The suspect is quickly found, tried, found guilty, and sentences in many cases to the upmost extent. On the contrary when the suspect is a not of African descent, we see that the verdict is not …show more content…
The parties may think race is not relevant, or they may fear that if they call attention to race they will be accused of playing the race card. Race, however often is relevant to questions anbout the reasonableness of fear and calling attention to race may be the best way to defuse the adverse effects of implicit racial bias …(101) Another aspect of racism in the justice system of America is known as the school to prison pipeline. The American Civil Liberties Union defines the school-to-prison pipeline as a trend when students are basically being funneled out of schools in the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Instead of many of students in poverty or victims of abuse and neglect or even disabled getting educational and counseling services, they are systematically pushed out. This brings the first aspect of the school to prison pipeline that pushes out