Living in Atlanta this summer made me hate police officers. I am a middle class white citizen so I have had my typical frustrations about speeding tickets but rather than that I always had a respect for them until I moved down in the midst of interracial cultures.
The shelter I was staying at told me a story last year about how they stepped on a homeless, handicap man who was in the shelter's yard. This was supposed to be a safe haven for him where he could take refuge from the police but on this day it was disrupted and the police entered where they were not allowed. When a man stepped in and asked the police why they were stepping on this man they threw his face into the brick wall multiple times and arrested him. I thought this story was too crazy and that it had to have been exaggerated but than I saw it for myself.
As I was driving out of town I watched homeless people being picked up and thrown around by cops on every street I passed. The police are discriminating against the Latino and Black race, and in particular those living in extreme poverty.
This country is suppose to be "God blessed" and full of the "American Dream" but it is really a living nightmare for most. There is no equal opportunity or protection, just dreams dashed.
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