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Stop Looking at 17-Year-Olds for Help
It is unfair
The Derek Chauvin trial has sent a powerful message to the entire world that Police Violence is not fiction but a heartbreaking reality for some. We cannot keep whispering in muffled voices.
Equating Blue lives matter to Black Lives Matter will not quench the growing thirst for police reform. The thirst will intensify further due to the verdict, which found a police officer guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.
Convicting a police officer for violence is a difficult task. “Between 2005 and 2015, only 56 percent of violent charges filed against police officers resulted in a conviction.
According to the Washington Post’s database tracking police cases, Police shoot and kill about 1,000 people a year. Most of these people are armed, and most of the shootings are deemed justified. When police are charged in fatal shootings, officers are convicted less than half of the time, often on lesser charges”. It is difficult to enforce accountability because it is tough to ascertain the cause of violent police reactions.
Stop me here if you have heard this one before.
The officer fires his gun. Someone dies or gets seriously injured. The Department claims it was an accident or the officer…
