“Our nation is moving towards two societies: one white, one black-separate and unequal,” this statement comes from the Kerner Commission during 1967 race riots. Formal equality is supposed to give equality through neutral and objective rule. Some may say formal equality in a sense could have prevented the Rodney King, however it is just an inciting idea. Instead, today we see many cases like that of Rodney King. Rodney King was beaten with what many would have agreed was excessive the Los Angeles Police, but those same police officers were later acquitted on the premises that they were using reasonable force. This bears a strong resemblance to the recent death of Eric Garner, which like in Rodney King’s case was recorded with the police officer not being indictment. It is clear that social injustices are linked to race and power. Why hasn’t the government used the findings of the Kerner Report?