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Dear America

So this is a blog post directed to America.

Dear America,

Over the last 10 hours, I have seen two videos where men have been shot and killed by Police Officers. You know why that is?  I am not saying they're racist but shooting black men because they're doing nothing makes it look like racism and because white police officers think that these men will retaliate and assault them. The men that I saw in the videos had no weapons on them. One was on the ground, held down by a police officer and didn't seem to be struggling but the police officer took the matter into his own hands, put the gun over the man's chest and shot him.

Since January 1st 2016, over 600 people have been shot by police officers (Souce: http://killedbypolice.net/). When will this police brutality stop? When will they realise that these police officers have no right to shoot people if the person is not retaliating against the Officer? These officers kill these people and then do not get charged for killing these people.

Yesterday Philando Castile's girlfriend live streamed on Facebook what had happened after her boyfriend had been shot. He had been asked if he had a gun and was asked for identification and then the officer opened fire on the man. What right did the officer have to shoot the man? He was not holding the gun or threatening the officer. He was simply sitting in his car because the officer pulled them over due to a broken tail light. But shooting a man because he had a gun and was black? Black people are more prone to be shot by officers than white people due to the officers being racist and the stereotypes that they have placed on these people.

America, you really need to sort yourself and your gun laws. If a person is unarmed and not fighting you and is down on the ground like Alton Sterling was, you do not have the right to shoot him. You do not have the right to hurt a perpetrator if they are not a danger to you or the community at that time.

If these two crimes had happened and the victims were both white, this would be taken very differently. They probably wouldn't have been shot because of their skin colour. The amount of racism that is present in America is disgusting and I am not saying that all police officers are racist but those who have shot and killed people when they're unarmed and not fighting. If this happened in England, the officer would most likely be in jail because they killed an unarmed person.

You really need to look at your gun laws and the people who are police officers. America will not become a better country with officers shooting men because of their skin colour. Police brutality is the most awful thing that police officers can do.

Change for the better America, for all of us.



Disclaimer: this is my own opinion and all that I have said are my thoughts on the situation of Police Brutality.






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