Justice Inequality

Guest speakers Doug Colbert and Tara Huffman, Maryland lawyers, came to speak about the unequal treatment between races of people. One statistic they mentioned: 10 percent of the Maryland School population is in Baltimore City Schools, but represent 90% of the drug offenses in all of the states schools. This statistic was astounding because of the large discrepancy between the student population and the drug offenses committed throughout the state of Maryland. However, I do believe that race is not the sole reason for this offense; outward appearance other than skin color has an impact on someone's first impression. It is usually the case that downtown city areas have a more messy and intimidating outward appearance; whereas in the suburbs that is less of the case. Which in turn has to do with a general attitude and personal mindset that different kids are taught growing up in their environment; and that environment can be our (as in society as a whole) fault because we impose those views to one another. So I'm not sure, without further research, if I completely area with the connection between human race and inequality based on that fact.

Connecting that fact to Freddie Gray and his story, there are basic level similarities between the situations. The story was told that Freddie Gray ran away when he was walking down the street and saw police, he then was pursued and caught by the officers, and died in their custody. The original assumption explained that Mr. Gray was chased because he was black and they didn't treat him the same as others who have been arrested. However, my mindset is that there are always 3 sides to every story: his, hers, and the truth; and the truth is a mixture between each individual's story.  Our objective for the radio series should be to tell each side's story, not make connections between them, at least early on in the series. To allow the listeners to hear what should be the facts, and slowly make their own conclusions. Then to conclude, draw from each side and make connections between stories to create a story that seems to be as close to the real truth as possible.