Whites did what they could to push blacks as much out of their community as possible and blacks tended to avoid areas where their presence could create conflict. ... The African American boy subsequently died from his injuries, but police refused to arrest the white man who initially threw the stones, igniting a race war between the whites and blacks of Chicago. Participants of the Chicago race riots, on both sides, (white and black), took to the streets ready for violence, and anything in between. ... The Ferguson riots first erupted after a white police officer shot an unarmed African Ame...

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Racial Profiling Take a moment to sit and just think about the major problems experienced in urban societies and academic settings. ... In contrast, the Daily Illini cites that racial profiling is generally thought of as the targeting of blacks more than whites in traffic stops or accusing blacks of crimes on the basis of race alone. ... There is the incident with the boy shown on video being punched in the face by a police officer in California, while he was handcuffed. ... Meanwhile its not just youth who adhere to this type of treatment, but its majority of black males as a whole. ... W...

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Setting a fixed standard and guideline of punishment aims to convince potential criminals that the crime is not worth the time (general deterrence), to equally and fairly distribute punishment among similar illegal acts (retribution), to help and not just punish the criminals in order to remove further threat to society (rehabilitation), and to detain criminals to eliminate risk of a repeated offence (incapacitation).2 According to UN declaration article 7, the United Nations, all are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. ... In the t...

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