Brenton Butler a fifteen year old boy was taken into custody for twelve hours. ... Michael Crowe a fourteen year old boy of Escondido, California has a similar situation. ... About 35% of wrongful convictions are false confessions. ... He was a black male that could have fit the description of couldn't have but he was held in custody and then admitted to a crime that he would have never thought of committing. ...
It was about this black 15-year-old boy (Brendan) on trial for murdering an old white lady. ... The boy had too much stuff up against him to prove he was not guilty, but the husband just was so sure Brendan was the killer. ... They found the boy not guilty and the boy sued the police for beating him also. The police handled that poorly, just because he was black and around the area after the fact it happened doesn't mean they had the right to treat him that way. ... I really don't know too much about our army and navy, but I"m alive doing okay so I figure they are doing a good job. ...
For many years after the Civil War, when blacks were set free, the black population was almost never treated equal until around the late nineteenth century. ... His name was Tom Robinson, a fellow member of Maycombs small black community. There are three other main characters in the story and, there names are: Atticus who was Toms attorney and a father to a boy and girl named Jem and Scout. ... A total of about twenty-three officers of the LAPD watched the horror and didnt even stop the rage. ... Its predominantly white, middle-class community about 35 miles from downtown Los Angles(Doug L...
The term black Americans use for these stops are "Driving while Black" or DWB. Driving while black is a prime example of racial profiling. ... For decades black Americans have complained about this practice. ... Wilkens recalls seeing a young white boy, about six years old, in a passing car with his face pressed against the window and he couldn't help but to think what image will forever be in this little boys head? Will it contribute to the stereotype about blacks, or maybe an unwarranted fear of black men (Green 6A)? ...
