Not only does racial inequality occur out on the streets and during traffic stops, it also occurs in court rooms when dealing with sentencing, adjudication, arrest, and punishment. I do not believe that there are any implications of our current justice policy for race and class because it states in our constitution that all men are created equal and that race should not be a deciding factor. By the laws of the United States, it is illegal to have race as a factor so therefore, there should be no way that a justice policy ever be associated with race or class.
I feel that racial inequality plays an important role in the United States justice system. As much as law enforcement agencies hate to admit it, racial profiling occurs, and individuals of various minority groups are constantly being harassed by officers of the law. For instance, in the documentary, The Farm, an inmate who had been incarcerated for the past twenty-five years due to rape charges, was denied parole, even when all the evidence of the crime favored the inmate. The inmate on death row was in fact, an african american male.
Every day minorities are discriminated against throughout our entire justice system. Whether it's on the streets or in the courtrooms, individuals across the nation are being treated with inequality. This is a huge problem that needs to be recognized, immediately.
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