This week’s reading showed how much inequality exists in our society. Authority always have power and control and people of color are segregated against. “Reel Time/ Real Justice” further proves what we read last week about LA policing and cruelty.This reading brought up an even bigger issue of videotaping that has recently been thought of as a solution to document what the police do. However, even with King’s incident being caught on tape, the judge still ruled in the favor of the police. Even though the video seemed to show otherwise, King was still seen as a threat rather than the victim. The jury ignored clear evidence of brutality to acquit the police. Even though there is supposed to be legal equality, there is actually racial power. This just further shows and was stated in the reading that “blacks in LA live in a different world from whites, they and the police are foreign to each other.” Instead of this point of view, the police need to be part of the community. The issue of inequality is further discussed in “The Prison Fix” where the author shows the reality of what prison really is. He shows that people are in there for non serious such as drugs and don’t get released as promised and instead get abused by correction officers.

Do people feel protected or more fearful of the police/ authority?