Racism & the law

"'...crimes committed by blacks are the products of their colonial relationship to the greater society, which, in turn, 'is based on racial inequality and perpetuated by the political state.' Staples maintains that blacks are not protected by American law, that police brutality is a fact of daily experience in black America, and that the cultural values of white supremacy place little significance on the lives of blacks in U.S. society" (Baker & Davin, 67). The previous quote explains that blacks are undermined by whites and that blacks commit crimes as a result of their poor relationship with the law created by white men and the blacks are very often subjected to police brutality. The Troy Davis case is another example of how blacks are undermined in our society. Just as the previous quote explains the relationship blacks have with the law, the following quote gives an example: "Jeffrey Sapp... signed a police statement declaring that dazvis had told him that he had shot MacPahil. Now, at the evidentiary hearing, he said he'd done so under duress. 'There were police in front of me, behind me,' Sapp testified. 'I was so scared, I would say anything they wanted. 'Just say Troy told you! Just say Troy told you!''" (Marlowe). The Troy Davis case evidently displays blacks being undermined by the law. However, not only is the victim, Troy Davis, being subjected to unfair treatment and sentencing, but witnesses and friends of Troy Davis are being treated poorly as well. It could even be said that racism under the white man's law "does not discriminate", as it is found in all facets of the law.