Wright's dreams of becoming a police officer shattered after the very harsh and unnecessary treatment, that some say is, "unconstitutional". Wright was thrown to the ground and arrested without a single word spoken on a hot summer day, taken to Homan Square of Chicago Police Department, and ziptied to a bench in a small, hot room, interrogated for charges on murder and drug dealing, crimes he never committed. After hours of harsh treatment, he was released after 3 days in jail and placed on house arrest until a set court date. He was arrested for looking like some other dude that was the actual criminal, but based on their similar looks, he was treated like a unmoral human being.
This situation is a little rough, I can see where the police might treat a criminal this way, but he in fact, was NOT a criminal. This occurrence really questions the civil rights that every American lives with, I think the police officers might have overstepped their boundaries.
Brenna Hale(6th Period)
ReplyDeleteI completely agree, the police officers overstepped their boundaries and abused the power that they have been given. We have come a long way since the civil rights movements of the mid-1900s, but things are still bad.
This is completely harsh. And isn't it the law that the officer has to read them their Miranda Rights? I'm curious, is he still on house arrest? If they had let him go, it's more understandable, but still on house arrest? That's ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteNatalia Hernandez (9th period)
ReplyDeleteI agree with you and Brenna. They definitely overstepped their boundaries. The 6th amendment protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be notified of the accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel. And the 8th prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment.
It looks like those police officers are too close to going against his constitutional rights.