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As we've all be alerted to time and time again through the media, police brutality is becoming a huge problem in our country. Now don't get me wrong, the police are important to the functionality of our society as a whole, but it seems strange to me that we should ever have to fear people whose job it is to protect us. Racism, greed, and thirst for power corrupt these individuals so that they only want their job title for the power that comes with it. This results in the wrong kind of people entering the police force; this idea of unbridled power over other citizens. They put their own personal agendas and vendettas over the common good, morality, and justice, which is completely wrong and against the code of their profession.
Artistic expressions of frustration and anger are very potent in this context, as they draw from the injustices and the motifs that are reminiscent of past injustices against African-Americans. Images of KKK members or scenes of lynching reveal the true nature of these unjust actions by police; a return to the days of intense discrimination and segregation against blacks. These artists fight for the idea that this cannot stand. The police must be held accountable for their actions, and cannot be allowed to abuse the power are given.