Faith Norford

JoAnne Harris

English 1101

18 July 2016

                          Compare and Contrast: Police Brutality Opposing Views Articles

              Police brutality is the biggest national topic right now that everyone knows about. In the last week the black community has reacted to years and years of unjustified killings and now people are starting to speak out. But the real question is why it had to get this far before those people actually spoke out about it. Both articles I read take different parts and different sides on the argument.  Aaron Paxton of CNN news tells his side and President Obama and vice president does also. One thing these men’s statements have in common is they both state their obvious opinion on the fact the America has a problem on their hands now. They take their side and they stick to it they don’t deviate and get into taking sides with the refutation but they tall their strong opinion’s point, blank, period.  They both have a heart for the situation at hand for the victims involved and they both speak for their arguments victims.

             These essays have some in common but they are very different. Aaron in the second article states a possible solution to the problem while Obama just aggressively goes against the opponent’s side.  For example Aaron states a middle ground when he basically says hay judicial system make some justice happen and we will be okay. Obama on the other hand harshly goes against his refutation by saying these shootings are the work of cowards they change nothing and nothing will change.  Aaron would have more of a persuasive article while Obama’s is mostly argumentative, and an argumentative essay is not really needed in a sensitive case like this one. So his article didn’t make a lot of people happy at all.

                Personally I would have to take Aaron’s side on this one. Not because he is rooting for the same thing I am but because he has better points made. He tells the horrible crimes done getting the audiences emotion. He states mostly facts not opinions giving him credibility. For example he says “The Guardian said 32% of African-Americans killed were unarmed while 15% of whites and 25% of Latinos did not have weapons.” He states facts the make the audience really think on wow that is a large percent of unarmed and sometimes even just innocent people that lost their lives and were no threat to the officer.  While Obama does nothing but get his emotions involved in the argument while not considering the cold hard facts of the judicial system is screwed up.

Works Cited

Somanader, Tanya. "President Obama on the Attack on Law Enforcement in Baton Rouge." The White House. The White House, 17 July 2016. Web. 18 July 2016.] Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 18 July 2016.]

Arnold, Aaron Paxton. "Police Brutality: The Real Whistle-blower." CNN. Cable News Network, 7 Aug. 2015. Web. 18 July 2016. Opposing View Points in Context 18 July 18, 2016]