On March 25, 2015, a video of two cops harassing 4 African American college students was released. The 4 boys attended El Centro Community College in Downtown, Dallas. Witnesses say that the young men were minding their own business waiting for the bus at Dallas Can, when suddenly two police officers approached them aggressively. The female cop mad all 4 boys line up against the side of a building yelling and threatening them and she checked their pockets and body searched them. In the video the young men did no resist nor speak out of term, but they were put in hand-cuffs anyway and later released. Both Officers where white as well as the person that recorded the video. The man in the video even stated" we were over here just minding our business and they started being harassed".
I think this just goes back to people saying racism is still around. It is say that people of color are still being treated this way. Also i feel like the police are supposed to keep people out of harms way, not pick on innocent people just because of race or simply because they "Look like trouble". How can we trust the police if they are doing pointless acts like this?
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