I was just seven years old when I witnessed the most horrendous crime. I was strolling around the busy streets of Colombia when I heard hysterical cries and booming, loud screams. I looked in every direction and stared into the face of a killer. I cannot recall much of what the man looked like, but he was holding a gun and aiming at one of our neighbors who lived just across the street from my grandma, he screamed in Spanish to give him the watch and phone he was holding, and if he didn’t that he would kill him. Maybe he was bluffing but the victim gave him the items he asked for yet he still got shot in the arm as the killer ran away. When I think back on that specific event, I realize how no one did anything to stop the crime from happening, …show more content…
Being able to witness an assassin be free in society where they are people who could land in the hands of that same individual and live the same fate that his/her victim did, is unacceptable for me to allow that to occur. There has always been cases where murders who get away with murder, attack and continue attacking until they are stopped. For instance, Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer, who are one of the most notorious serial killers, did not stop homicide until they were captured. I want justice for the families who have to continue living with the loss of a family member, who have not yet had closure in this horrible chapter of their life. Primarily why I plan on acquiring a major in law or criminal justice is to create justice for black lives that are lost in the hands of brutal police officers. The cases of Sandra Bland and Michael Brown, have impacted me greatly. It is extremely devastating to witness how the community that is supposed to keep its citizens safe, is somehow a threat to black citizens. We are all equal as humans, and our skin color should not determine whether we are safe in the hands of a police officer or not. The justice for Michael Brown has not yet occurred, even a year later, his killer is still free. In the eyes of the law, I don’t