Police Brutality In 'All-American Boys'

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All American Boys is about a police brutality case where a young black teen named Rashad accidently tripped an old white woman. Both the woman and the police thought that Rashad was shoplifting. The police roughed up Rashad and broke his nose and a couple of ribs. There were witnesses’ videoing what happened. A white teen named Quinn also saw happened but wasn’t sure what to do. It made him think differently about the police. I can relate to this book because like Quinn, I used to believe that all police were heroes that never did anything wrong. I don’t think the police shouldn’t beat anyone up without a good reason, for example, their life was in danger. I kept thinking as I read this book, would the police officer do the same thing to