Racism The Criminal Justice System - 1040 Words

Jesse Horton Mr. Andrew Bagley PLS 213 American Federal Government-Online 25th November 2015 Racism in Our Criminal Justice System There are many different types of unlawful racism in the criminal justice system. It goes from back in the early part of our great nation’s birth to the killing of Martin Luther King Jr. to Ferguson, Missouri. The path that racism takes is from old time’s point of view. The way to clear up racism in our criminal justice system is simple and easy. Americans need to fully understand the idea of equality. Second, police need to stop doing racial profiling. Finally, the criminal justice system needs to be kinder to different races. Americans need to abolish the idea that racism needs to be alive. The criminal…show more content…The real violent race out of all of them are white; not Black, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American.” stats from Federal Bureau of Prisons, (Federal Bureau of Prisons). Second, police in our country do racial profiling. This practice of law enforcement is morally wrong and personally sickening.