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report noted that in @A/@( /@= 2frican,2mericans were shot dead b+ police

while in the same +ear( =@B whites were killed b+ police bullets* %herefore

when it comes to answering who is killing all these black men and bo+s( the

answer is mostl+ white o7cers* 5ut the report also notes that in hundreds of

instances( black o7cers( too* %he explanation for mostl+ white o7cersD can

be attributed to how well represented the+ are represented in so man+ of the

police departments in the countr+*

)n anal+8ing the dierences( the media fails to give coverage to

instances where police trul+ feared for their lives* )n the case of .ohn

Crawford )))( he had a gun at the store and the police feared for their lives*

 %his wasnt given much coverage when ) saw it on the news* owever( the

/63 Supreme Courts decision said that police could onl+ ;ustif+ using

deadl+ force if the suspects pose a threat to the o7cer or others*

2 couple of relationships pop up in regards to the readings and the

cases mentioned above( one of the articles is  America wiped out years of

 progress. Let’s have ‘the race conversation’ for real this time”  < in this article(

there is a sentence >or the next two decades( the Fnited States mustered the will

to continue the process of desegregation and moved toward closing racial gaps in

wealth( income and educationG* Predictabl+( the gaps got worse( and since the late

/6As( we have seen an attendant rise in resegregation*D %his tells us how the race

issues are in the Fnited States* )ve seen this &rst hand( when ) &rst came to the FS

in @A//( it was surprising to see South Side and 9orth Side and the dierences

between them( that is an example of resegregation* )t shows how societ+ here in

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the FS treats the minorit+ b+ putting them to one side( whereas back home in

-hana( m+ neighbors are poor( while m+ famil+ is wealth+ we all sort of treat each

other e'uall+* )n contrast to 2merica( where there are two societies( one black( one

white < separate and une'ual*

>urthermore( anothr relationship between these cases and race is how how

racial in;ustice go unpunished( and this ties into what ) said above with the phrase

separate and une'ualD* )n all three kills( the cops have not been indicted*