Journal #6- Philosophy in the real world

With all the news in the world, I want to focus in on Minnesota. Currently, their are very intense riots and the city seems to have no control. These riots are over a case of police brutality, where a few policemen restrained a black man, chocked him live on camera, and killed him in cold blood. The police officers have not been arrested, and they have not even been moved to a safe house. The police decided to station the entire police crew outside the policeman's house. This can be seen as a very big publicity stunt to show that the police have power. And while I believe it is right for police to have power, and keep order within a city or country, showing power to scare people will never lead to show to be a good idea. A few hours ago, the CNN team filming in the streets was arrested, with the cameras rolling. It was an disgusting show of how some policemen truly do not care, and want to use their power whenever they can. The CNN crew first was surrounded, then the black reporter was arrested first. No one resisted arrest, and they were provided no information as to why they were arrested. This is a big issue in America, and many people who have a philosophy were they are driven to have power, want to become a policeman. While many cops do want to help the nation become a safer environment, people who want to abuse power are flooding the system. This is a major philosophical issue many police officers, as well as people need to understand. I hope that these issues will soon be fixed, and people will not be attacked, killed or arrested for the color of their skin. Racism happens everyday around the world, and I hope that soon people will understand that we are all the same, while we still are allowed to have different ideas and philosophies in life.