I loved this video especially vs. other research mediums. The reason being is because there are no biases, but instead it is straight facts and historical evidence and modern evidence to back his claim. The facts he gave in regard to poor white Americans was astonishing as well seeing that they as well are mistreated by not only law enforcement but by the rich elites in the world. It was really surprising to see that 49 of the richest people in the world were still richer than 149 million!
He also made the claim that the police force, especially in racially tense situations is very militarized. There is no keeping peace or weathering the storm it's aggressive and authority hungry action which often makes the situation worse. The media doesn't help this issue either because there are certain people who run our news stations and control what we hear and what information we are allowed to see which escalates the situation and gives people a premeditated perception of the issue without even really knowing what the cause is or what it stands for. A prime example of that is the saying "Black Lives Matter" because people take it out of context and don't even know what it means.
I have dealt with racial profiling and stereotyping my whole life growing up in Salt Lake City. One incident in particular occurred when I was around 12. Me and my brother had gone to the hospital to visit my dad while he was at work. As we left the hospital I noticed two police officers slowly following me and my brother and it instantly made me nervous, so the officers stop us as we're walking and he asked why were in the area and we told him to see our dad. He didn't believe my dad worked in the hospital, so he asked again and we told him 2 more times. After that he asked where we lived we told him, "right down the street" and he and his partner still didn't believe us, so they kept asking us and we kept telling him we've lived in this city for our whole lives and they finally got to the point, and said "well, two HISPANIC men stole a car from this hospital today and you two fit the description. me and my brother were small 12 year old kids and we are black we don't look Hispanic at all or like grown men at that.
Racially mistreatment by police is a very real epidemic, and the government isn't really trying to help especially by putting mostly African Americans in these low income areas and rundown ghettos and fighting harder to keep them there than to pull them up. I look at these issues from more of a spiritual side because regardless of race we are all brothers in sisters with the same color blood running through our veins. Yes police are being brutal, yes racism is really, yes inequality is real, but it all falls back to sin. If you don't have the love of God in you, or Love Jesus Christ at all, it is impossible to love your fellow man and brother or sister. In my eyes the real reason for all of this turmoil is people letting the devil take advantage of them causing their hearts to be hardened.
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