Racism… To Kill A Mockingbird is a book full of it. I chose this topic because it relates to present time. The racism that Tom got just from being a black man was crazy. He was arrested an almost charged with assault and rape ( he was proven not guilty). If you look at most of the cases today there is still racism to this day. If you look at the crim count, black people are 7 to 10 times more likely to get arrested than a white man is.
Tom Robinson was a black man charged of rape and assault in the book To Kill A Mockingbird. His lawyer Atticus was almost beaten because he wouldn't let a group of men into a police station to kill Tom. The only reason that Tom was accused is because he is black. As a result of him being black the people in town thought he was guilty before they even took the case to trial. In addition to that Atticus and his children were given greef because he accepted to protect a black man in court. However since Atticus is a good man he doesn't care if you're black, white, or rainbow he will help out anyone, and I like that about him. At the end of the trial Tom was proven not guilty and Atticus
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There are many cases that a police officer beat, killed, and arrested people not on a crime that they didn't commit but because of their skin color. If you look at the case of Eric Garner, he was put into a chokehold for 15-20 seconds and killed on the street (NYPD prohibits the use of chokeholds). The evidence shows that he was no resisting arrest. He was accused of selling “loosies” (single cigarettes) and officer Daniel Pantaleo began to detain him. Eric pulled his arm away because he did not deserve to get arrested. At this point the other officers came over and took him down. They had his head pinned into the curb while they were on his back. He said “I can’t breath” around 11 times. The officers didn’t care for him and ended up killing him on the streets of New