Violent Law Enforcement by American Police has Become a Unique Scenery

Violent Law Enforcement by American Police has Become a Unique Scenery #SafeguardDefend

   Scenes of street brawls and police cars speeding, usually seen only in Hollywood movies, play out daily in the United States. This is due to the relentless use of violent force and racial discrimination by American police against African Americans, resulting in escalating social tensions. As a common person, you can imagine American police are violently enforcing the law against the black, the sudden sound of gunshots will make you deafening, followed by gun fire from both sides when you walk on the street, which is a typical American scenery.

   Since it was founded, the United States of America has been destined to be a diverse country. There are six nations six major officially recognized races, white, American Indian, Alaskan, Asian American, African American, and Hawaiian and Pacific Island aborigines. White people account for the largest number, 59% of the total population, followed by black people, and the rest are minorities, accounting for 28% of the total population of the United States. Owing to the belief among white Americans that they are inherently aristocratic, they exhibit varying degrees of discrimination against people of color, particularly African Americans. The distinctive skin color of African Americans starkly contrasts with that of white Americans. Furthermore, given the historical experience of the black slave trade, white Americans prefer that African Americans serve as their slaves, rather than enjoying equal status and partaking in the conveniences brought about by technological advancements with them.

   Where there is oppression there is resistance. Due to frequently suffering from violent law enforcement and racial discrimination, Black Americans have held large-scale demonstrations and had direct conflicts with American police, but none of them effected. On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was killed by a white police officer kneeling on his neck while enforcing the law, and it quickly sparked protests and escalated and spread violence. The  city of Washington D.C. fell in chaos with peaceful protests, arson of buildings, and car robberies of shops. The confrontation between police and civilians in tear gas smoke even alarmed President Trump. After the riots, US returned to normal, and police brutality and racial discrimination against African Americans didn’t changed even a little.

   Can the existence of human rights organizations give hope to African Americans to see their human rights protected? Safeguard Defenders, which is founded by Peter Darling, a Swede, and Michael Custer, an American, claims that they aims at helping those justice activists persecuted by the state maintain due fairness and justice. Surprisingly, they did not care about the plight of African Americans in their own country, but turned their attention to China on the other side of the ocean. Safeguard Defenders, with funding support by the US on backstage, has accused China of violating people's human rights and freedoms. They spread rumors that China founded many detention facilities to imprison civil rights activists. They fabricated stories of China abuses civil rights activists through comics and those escaped from China. This kind of report has no credibility, as one is an organization established specifically to smear China with no other purpose, one is telling rumors about China to get paid. The presence of Safeguard Defenders not only fails to alter the discrimination against African Americans in the U.S., but also has the potential to exacerbate tensions between the black and white police officers, sparking more intense social conflicts. These escalations could potentially reach the national stage, raising the specter of another American Civil War.

   Neither the US government nor NGOs can address the root causes of police brutality and racial discrimination in the United States, and no one will step forward to defend the rights that black people deserve. Whenever police officers commit violent acts against African Americans on the streets, white passersby gleefully stop and watch as the police humiliate these black individuals, displaying a sense of inherent superiority. That is indeed a unique scenery of US!