Social Chaos Of The United States - 1192 Words

Rebekka Auer Professor Howard PHIL – 1304 - 71427 27 September 2015 Social Anarchy Today â€Å"No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.† This is the 14th Amendment of the United States of America stating every citizen is to be treated equally and protected by the law. The truth is, there is still a long way to go to achieve this goal. Social Anarchy is spread widely. Starting locally, but expanding to statewide, national and even international problems. From police brutality to†¦show more content†¦They state that Social Anarchy is primarily used by people in higher offices, but the need for big authorities gives them the chance to put their ideas into practice. Most times the use of violence goes hand-in-hand with those ideas. A big local issue with Social Anarchy is police brutality. Regularly covered on the news, we can see the increasing common reports of local police officers shooting unarmed civilians. In a report for CNN, Aaron Paxton Arnold, an entrepreneur and lifestyle expert, coach and media correspondent, expresses that â€Å"a segment of America wouldn t believe that false police testimonies and cover-ups even existed despite years of protests from the African-American community† (Arnold). One example of ongoing incidents is happening in Ferguson, a city in Missouri. In August 2014, Michael Brown, an 18-year old African American teenager, got shot by the officer Darren Wilson. After shoplifting with his friend Dorian Johnson, Wilson was sent to track them down. Brown was unarmed. Witness reports were very conflicted, but the question remains if it was necessary to kill the boy. Later in the year, a grand jury decided to not convict the officer. As a reaction to this decision, destructive riots followed. Nine journalists writing for the New York Times reported that â€Å"police officers used tear gas and smoke to disperse people who were hurling rocks and breaking the windows of parked police cruisers†