2. Racial Discrimination
80% of people pulled over are blacks and Latinos
● Of that 85% of them were frisked by officers
● African Americans receive 10% longer sentences than whites
through the federal system for the same crimes.
Racial Discrimination is when law enforcement and people
target people of color for investigation and/or
enforcement.
4. Lets Talk About It
● General thoughts
● Why people of color are incarnated at a higher rate and with longer sentences?
● Why do you believe that people harassed the black male more than the white male?
● What do you feel contributes to racial profiling?
● Is racial profiling ever acceptable?
5. Ezell Ford (25):
killed during an
investigative stop.
local police and
the neighborhood
all knew that he
had a mental
disorder. (shot in
the back 3 times)
Shereese Francis: (37) She
was killed in her mothers
house. Her mother and Aunt
told police (4) that she
suffered from Schizophrenia
and needed transportation to a
hospital. Police killed her by
constricting her airway
passages
Michael Brown: (18) Unarmed black
teen killed in his neighborhood for
walking in the middle of the street.
sources say that Michael assaulted the
officer which lead to his death.
eyewitness say there was a struggle.
this case still continues. (shot 6 times)
UPDATE: police officer Darren Wilson
wasn’t indicted
6. Police Brutality
A Bureau of Justice Statistics report in 2008 found that
black people were almost three times more likely than
white people to be subjected to force or threatened with it
by police.
Of reported arrest-related deaths from 2003-2009,
● 61% (2,931) were homicides by law enforcement,
● 11% (541) were suicides,
● 11% (525) were due to intoxication,
● 6% (272) were accidental injuries
● 5% (244) were due to natural causes
8. Social Media Hashtags
#IfTheyGunnedMeDown
- Michael Brown
#DangerousBlackKids
- Jordan Dunn
Junior at the University of Kentucky,
Public Health Major, African American Studies
Minor
● Aspiring epidemiologist
● Obsession with scarfs and Lip
products
● Parliamentarian of University of
Kentucky Black Student Union
● Self proclaimed activist
● Christian
● DANGEROUS BLACK KID
10. Lets Talk About It
● General thoughts
● When is it the right time to shoot?
● What role does the community/media play
into police brutality/and racial profiling?
● Was Darren Wilson portrayed fairly through
media
11. Victim v. Attacker
FAST FACTS
● Brown was stopped for walking in the middle of the
street
● Eyewitness say that the officer was using vulgar
language and later allegedly grabbed brown by the neck
which led to the scuffle
●
● After the officer first shot Michael then fled on foot,
moments later he was gunned down.
○ There were multiple stories saying that Michael
had his hands up surrendering and that Michael
had tried to take away the gun
● The autopsy report supports the claim that Michael had
had his hands up. he was shot 4 times in his right arm
and 2 times in his head.
● The federal government is now investigating his
murder.
