Racial Profiling And The Police Department Of Investigation

On July 13th, 2015, Sandra Bland, a 28-year old African-American female, was found dead in a jail cell in Walker, County Texas. Bland was pulled over for a minor traffic violation three days prior. With the release of the official dash cam that shows unnecessary violence, this case became a topic of interest to the American public as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation. There has been an increase in incidents where police officers have been known to use more brutal and often excessive force when detaining individuals of a certain race. Over the last few months, the topic of racial profiling has been a highlight in the media. The Center for Constitutional Rights, CCR, created the Impact of Stop and Frisk Campaign, aimed to educate†¦show more content†¦Having the title of a respected organization founded under the influence of the constitution on the actual image promotes a sense of authority. Figure 1 consists of information about racial profiling through the use of s tatistics and facts. The Figure also contains images that represent the police as well as the men of the minority. Figure 1 uses the actual police as a sign of authority in the picture. The image of the older man placing the police cars suggests that he is a higher political figure that has the power to control what the police department does. Judge Shira Scheindlin of the Federal Court in New York said that she felt the city had been deliberately indifferent to police officers illegally detaining and frisking minority residents. (New York Times). This shows that even those in higher political offices see the covered issue within the police department. The second image is consists of two different time periods The time difference is displayed through the use of color. The side that is black and white represents the past and the side of color represents the present. Figure 2 has the presence of the police in the black and white portion of the image to show a form of authority. The im age appears to be from the civil rights era when police discrimination was a prominent issue. CCR uses the presence of the police as an authoritative figure in a negative way to build trust in the audience. By displaying