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Start from the beginning to see the evolution of discrimination throughout the United States

Relation to Today

These racial undertones throughout history that started with Native Americans and are currently with the African Americans is extremely relevant today. There is still reports of black injustice as with Trayvon Martin. His death shows how police officers still racially profile individuals and shows that the past never changes. The beginnings with Native Americans already showed settler colonialism and our current system is just an adapted version of this. White males want to keep this society and immigrants trespassing greatly bothers them. The clear unjustices within this report show how unfair this society is. We need to not repeat history as shown through our past. Rather we have to evolve past this white male pride and allow in all races with no prejudices or discrimination

Million Dollar Hoods Team

The Million Dollar Hoods Team showed the injustice among Los Angeles and the arrests. They showed reports of cannabis arrests in relation to white males and showed just how discriminatory the system really is. They started by interviewing residents of the Los Angeles area impacted by mass incarceration

They include not only incarcerated individuals but also formerly incarcerated individuals

Black residents make up the majority of homeless individuals and arrests in LA (this ties back to the legal contracts creating the black belt and Central Ave)

Esther Lim

A representative for the ACLU showed the corruption within the LA County jails.

The LA county jail system has the most women, furthermore, the most pregnant women

There is a lack of medical Care

There is a lack of mental health care

More than half of the people in these jails have not been convicted, technically they are innocent

Our jail system is money based

#money

Marquette Frye

On a routine police stop, Marquette Frye was arrested for the thought of drunk driving. He resisted arrest and many bystanders were on his side. This caused the 1965 Watts Rebellion.

#justice

Investigations

Investigations into the Central Ave showed signs of corruption within those who are supposed to have a sense of justice., including the sheriff Two-Guns Davis, the mayor and a massive amount of police.

#unjust

Black Officers

The LAPD had black officers since the late nineteenth century. Robert William Stewart was the first black officer. This did not resolve tensions and African Americans wanted more diversity.

African Americans comprised 75 to 80 percent of all those arrested by its officers.

The Great Depression

This economic recession made matters worse. Tensions were in the air and many African Americans targeted the LAPD.

Sam Faulkner

Sam was shot unlawfully after crawling into his sister’s bedroom. He was simply peaking and the cops had shot him on suspicion, showing racial undertones and unjustice

#justice for sam faulkner

Opposition Or Not

Up until 1927, there was not much fight in the black community within this injustice.

Florence Hicks

Florence Hicks was a black female and accused of prostitution and theft. The officer took a white person’s word, that was later deemed to be false. She had already been sentenced for years.

Vices

Many research showed that white men of “good integrity” were always found in gambling dens and other areas of great vices. This shows the corruption and simply the inconsistencies with many arrests in Central Avenue

Corruption

In the 1920s and 1930s, the LAPD was corrupt and had been paid off by pimps, madams, etc. There were simply a lot of raids and arrests in this area of Central Ave simply targeting the race wars.

#racism #discrimination

As the reservoir for vice in Los Angeles, the city's Black Belt operated as a cultural and social linchpin in the nation;s white spot

Labor

Almost 85 percent of black woman in the city were in the service line of personal service. AfricanAmerican working men were also in service work and common labor.

Central Avenue District

The limit of buying homes in certain suburbs led to this Central Avenue District to be the hub of where African Americans all lived.

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