Why are police shooting innocent African Americans? Every day the headlines report on new shootings that happened and the reasons given are that the person was resisting arrest or they offended the officer. In multiple cases there are videos showing what really happens, but everyone is still ignoring the facts and instead they are using stereotypes. In the eyes of the justice system the people they stopped were either resisting or they attacked, but in most cases they were just defending themselves because they were not going to allow being arrested for no reason.

As a society why are we keeping quiet? We have seen the videos that are shown on TV and we can see that these innocent people don’t do anything wrong. Police officers are being brutal and they are going after people who are not criminals, they are ordinary citizens. It is understandable that resisting arrest can be considered a crime, but there is no justification for police officers shooting and killing them. When this happens no one feels safe going into the streets because they fear they will be the next victims. The police are supposed to be there to protect us and ensure that we feel safe.

Unfortunately, there is the stereotype that male African Americans are criminals and always up to no good and that is why the police are always after them. It is very sad that they are being attacked that way just because they look suspicious. That needs to stop because not every African American male is a criminal and we shouldn’t judge based on their looks, but instead we should look at their characters.