A badge to Assault

These men were locked away from their lives for 20 plus years. They have missed birthdays and had to morne family death in prison. Why’d they end up in this situation, because they were forced.

Darrell Cannon and Shaw Whirl were forced into giving false statements because they feared for their lives. "I used to try to imagine how black people felt in Mississippi and

Alabama back in the days when the Klan used to terrorize them, and I really couldn't get a good feel for what they must have felt, but November 2, 1983 allowed me to get a very good feeling [about it].” These two men were tourchered for hours being shocked, taunted with guns, and were being called racial names.

So What?

These men were in jail for 20 plus years for a crime they were forced to plead guilty to. These men were taken into police custody and abused so much that the men finally gave in because they were physically and emotionally tired. The men in blue are suppose to be a sign of relief for the innocent. Neither of these men were able to get a chance to voice their innocence.

How?

How is it possible that the people who enforce the law are able to perform these acts of assault and racism. The whole system is corrupted, it wasn’t  just one officer but the man in charge of a whole team of police. Police Commander Jon Burge ran a whole team of officers who he allowed to use torture and be profoundly racist. Burges went undetected for years before he was called out. How was it possible to be able to fake a whole trial and go undetected by the judge and the jury. It’s shocking because he has been doing it for so long it’s not just Whirl and Cannon who have experienced this type of treatment there are 120 cases of Burge’s team torturing African American men. And there are currently 12 victims still in prison today.

What needs to be done?

Before anything else is done the 12 men who are still imprisoned need to be freed because they have suffered long enough. Then we need to start thinking about what our judicial system is here for and if the system is holding up to it’s expectations. These cases so far have only be present in Chicago, but look how long Burges team went undetected. Who is it to say that there are not more teams like Burges out there torturing African American men to commit to a crime that they did not do. Also think about how many other victims can be in jail missing birthdays and mourning over family deaths trapped and not being heard.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/g-flint-taylor/darrell-cannon-case_b_1762150.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/shawn-whirl-free_561e87b9e4b028dd7ea60da7

When do you stop eating?

The fast food industries biggest fears are sickness and sell drops. The question is why does it take for someone to become sick or a discovery about the food products for people to start thinking about what they eat.

 Everybody remembers the "Pink Slime" rumor about Mcdonalds in 2012. The rumor was that Mcdonalds was using trimmings of  left over beef. These trimmings are used in dog and chicken food. After the rumor Mcdonalds sales did drop but, not from the "Pink Slime". You would hear everybody ranting about how they wouldn't eat Mcdonalds anymore because the slime wasn't real food and that could not possibly be healthy. There have health problems presented about Mcdonals way before the "Pink Slime" incident like how it is unhealthy and people should not eat it because to much of it could lead to obesity. Not surprisingly the statement was ignored and did not get nearly as much attention as the pink slime did.

Recently the Mexican grill Chipotle has had an E.Coli outbreak and it has everybody second guessing their next trip to their "favorite" eatery. There has been cases of the E.Coli outbreaks in 9 states resulting in sickness and 20 hospitalizations. And to no surprise no one wants to eat it. Chipotle is one of the healthier choices when trying to grab a bite to eat, but this is not the first unhealthy thing to be found at Chipotle. Recently Chipotle has stopped using GMO's in their food, but what about all the times they were using them? Why didn't anybody stop eating there then. Although a lot of fast food places use GMO's in their food it does not make it any less harmful. Why does it take something  to be deadly, in order for people to think about what they are consuming?


 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/02/01/mcdonalds-announces-end-to-pink-slime-in-burgers/
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2015/12/chipotle-e-coli-numbers-drop/#.VnGiMHarTDc
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-04/chipotle-says-more-cases-may-be-reported-in-e-coli-outbreak
http://business.time.com/2012/02/01/mcdonalds-drops-pink-slime-from-hamburger-meat/
http://fortune.com/2015/12/04/chipotle-e-coli-outbreak-expands/