Examples Of Corruption In The United States

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Corruption Never End! Remember as a kid or even today playing monopoly with a group of friends and family together; meanwhile during the middle of the game someone else figure out that someone was cheating though most or even the entire game! Everyone was so angry at that person since you and everyone else was playing fair and trusted that person. That how corruption is seen as in the world: a person who playing unfair. People think that corruption is something new in foreign countries that are super strict; while yes, it is mostly seen in radical countries, it is not the only place it's been seen and it's not new to the world either. Corruption has been shown in religion and politics throughout history involving men and women. Religion …show more content…

The most current one is with the South Korean President being impeached. The reason why she is being impeach is because,” They are furious over what prosecutors say was collusion by Park with a longtime friend to extort money from companies and to give that confidante extraordinary sway over government decisions” (CBS). This is the clearest example of corruption in society almost similar to the United States,but even the United States can no avoid corruption. A huge movement in the United States called Black Lives Matter. This movement focus on the corruptions of law enforcement. Politician who break the same law as others even to the point of murder would get away with a crime and their case would be quick and simple; while a African American case would be long or sometimes they would get even kill before getting a case. Andrea Huber a famous Olympic athlete mentions this in her post,” At the start of the chain, the police may misuse their power of arrest to extort money. After arrest, bribes may need to be paid to prevent torture or other abuse”. Not even the most powerful nation can escape corruption. Now there are certain people that want to fight against that. Pope Francis is one of those people who is know as a major religious leader and somewhat a politician. He believe that, “Reject every form of corruption which diverts resources from the poor” (Calica). He basically stating that all the corrupted government in this world should be gotten rid of by the people because it will affect the lower and middle class people. Its political form is just something can be easily