fredag den 24. april 2015



African American mug shots for target practice
Hello dear readers!
We’ve read an article that includes racial discrimination and the police target practice.  
The article is about the police department in Miami, who has been caught using African American mug shots for target practice. National guard Sgt. Valerie Deant showed up at the department, and among the pictures, she discovered her own brother being used as a target.  
North Miami Police Chief J. Scott Dennis denies any racial profiling, but concedes that his apartment ‘’could have used better judgement’’.
The article is to inform people about the problem with racial discrimination in the US and the people who think it’s interesting to read about the racism in a modern western country like the US.

This is a picture of the mug shots
Our opinion is that it couldn’t have happened with white mug shots, and that the Miami police department only claims that they use all colors of people as mug shots to protect themselves.  


Caroline, Cecilia, Katrine, Malthe and Jonatan

2 kommentarer:

  1. Grammar:
    1) “National guard Sgt. Valerie Deant showed up at the department and, among the pictures, she discovered her own brother being used as a target”. - The comma should be after "and" because “among the pictures” is an interposed sentence.
    2) “…but concedes that his apartment ‘’could have used better judgement’’. – You wrote apartment instead of department.

    Elaborate question:
    What happened with the police officers who shot at the mug shots?

    SvarSlet
    Svar
    1. This episode haven't had any consequences for any of the police officers who was involved.

      Slet