Zaid Khalid

ENGL101-BL01
10/29/14
Annotated Bibliography
Adership. "Justice On Trial: Racial Disparities in the American Criminal Justice System."
Protect Civil Rights. Web. 27 Sept. 2014.
<http://www.protectcivilrights.org/pdf/reports/justice.pdf>.
The author of this article brings light to the issue of racial inequality becoming a major
problem in the area of criminal justice. The focus is not only on race and the police, but
also race and "prosecutorial discretion." The decisions made in court regarding crimes
committed by minorities are much harsher than they would be for a white man.
Considering this article comes from a site promoting civil rights and human rights, the
author is completely biased against the police and American justice system when
discussing issues of race. I plan to use this publication to find a correlation between the
justice system and race. Knowing why minorities are always being charged for felonies
will help explain where the fault actually comes from if there actually is any fault.
Yousef, Rama. "Ferguson Shooting Exposes Racial Profiling, Police Brutality." The
Daily Cougar. University of Houston, 3 Sept. 2014. Web. 27 Sept. 2014.
Ferguson, Missouri experienced one of the biggest events of police brutality in American
history. Officer Darren Wilson shot down unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown on
August 9. After resisting arrest and trying to evade the police, Brown was shot 6 times by
Wilson and killed on the spot. The major question that this incident brought up was if
racial profiling is leading to more police brutality. What's even more shocking is that the
citizens of Ferguson gathered to protest and seek justice for Brown. The only thing this
brought was retaliation from the police. The point of Yousef's article is that racism has
not died and it lives on in the police force. She references a Pew Research Center poll
that questioned black and white adults if the Ferguson "raise(s) important issues about
race that require discussion or if the issue of race is getting more attention than it
deserves. Yousef goes on to explain how racial profiling has become a prominent issue
that goes undetected today and how racism needs to end. The article definitely shows bias
towards equality for blacks and against police brutality and racism. Since the Ferguson
incident is the most recent display of racial profiling and police brutality, this article
gives me relevant information that would help me form an opinion on the issue.
"10 Worst Cases of Police Brutality in History." Criminal Justice Degrees Guide. Web.
27 Sept. 2014.
This article highlights the 10 worst cases of police brutality in history. The 10 cases deal
with Robert Davis, Frank Jude, Steve Biko, Rodney King, Sean Bell, Timothy Thomas,
Abner Louima, Robert Mitchell, Amadou Diallo, and Kathryn Johnston. I don't see too

much bias in this article. Obviously they have defined police brutality in their own terms
and have found 10 incidents that best fit this definition. I will use this for future reference
when doing further research on police brutality.
Parry, Nat. "Is Police Brutality Color-Blind?" Consortiumnews. 22 Aug. 2014. Web. 25
Sept. 2014.
Parry shows us the other side of police brutality. The truth of the matter is that it just isn't
the result of racial profiling. White people are victims to police brutality just as much as
black people are. Multiple examples of police brutality are then stated to prove the point.
This is article is not biased because it acknowledges that black people are targets of
police brutality too. It gives the audience another perspective from which they can look at
this issue. My use for this article will be to provide a different point of view on the issue
of police brutality so that it's not always being associated with black people.
"Stark Racial Divisions in Reactions to Ferguson Police Shooting." Pew Research Center
for the People and the Press RSS. 18 Aug. 2014. Web. 26 Sept. 2014.
The Pew Research Center conducted a poll last month that questioned 1000 adults, black
and white, about the issue of Michael Browns shooting. The results showed that 80% of
blacks and 37% of whites said the shooting raises important issues about race that need
to be discussed. 18% of black people and 47% of white people said, race is getting
more attention than it deserves. The public is divided on the issue almost half and half.
The poll also questioned the publics stance on how much police intervention was
necessary for the protests that followed the shooting. 65% of African Americans and 33%
of whites say that the police have gone too far in responding to the shootings
aftermath. The poll is not biased at all. Since a research center is displaying the
information, they dont lean towards supporting any side. They just provide their results
for the public to establish their own opinions. A poll is useful for future reference to see
how the public feels about police brutality and racial profiling.