Jose Vargas
Professor Cacoilo
Acts of resistance
April 21, 2020
Today I was fighting two ideas on
my head. First, I wanted to make a video, but then I thought about how that
video will reach the audience I want to reach. My topic is police brutality and
for more than I want to fit that all in a video I cannot, there is much more to
that. I decided to create an Instagram profile (social media). I also will upload
the video to my profile because, I want my audience to expand. People will get
the information I want to deliver through social media. This idea was inspired
because of that pandemic that is still killing many people out there. In my Instagram
profile will be all the information about the victims, and movements. I will
also try to contact other pages bigger than mine, to join forces. The video that
I will make represents the roots of police brutality and the injustices there has
been. With this video I think I can motivate people to go into my profile and
tread more about this topic. I am willing to put all efforts into this project,
and with this, I think I am going to be more committed to my profession.
I
chose police brutality because this has been happening for years now and it
must stop. Yes, my major is criminal justice. However, I think that if I want
to be in the system .
I must recognize everything that is wrong with it. My social media page offers
a solution to all this. My personal aspiration is to become an agent, but that
does not mean that I do not have a hunger for justice. There are a lot of
injustices out there and this is one of them, and I am willing to put my
aspirations aside to recognize injustice. I have been inspired by many people
who are in the criminal justice system, and still have shown the truth about
what we are living day today. Also, by many artists that through their Art
express, the injustice and all negative things happening in the world .
personally, I think that this project will make me a better person because I will
be inspired people, that have a saying on this, and never stood up.
My
Instagram page is going to consist of pointing out the solutions, to stop this
from happening. what are the procedures police must take? How police officers are
protected? There is also in my profile the Miranda rights, which is the rights
of every citizen. Those rights on these types of occasions are not follow
because the cop was following protocol. That’s where my video fits, to point
out the procedures that have to be taken, and how the police have failed to do
that. I want my page to reach people that are hungry for a change and want to
make a change the right way. I believe that I can reach a large audience, I
have received comments for my family and friends telling me to make this
bigger. I have high hopes for this project.
My page on instagram: @pbr_policebrutalityisrea1
here's the link to the video; https://www.instagram.com/tv/B_TQq0Zp260/
Link: https://www.instagram.com/pbr_policebrutalityisrea1/
Everybody can always text me in chat, I’ll give my best response!
Quotes
"Bringing the politics of difference
where it is needed most.” by Nate Thompson
"The number of blacks at an art opening is about the same as at one of your garden parties" Guerrilla girls-unknown
"Even Without discrimination, it is very hard to succeed as an artist"
Bryan Stevenson is an activist, writer, lawyer, and the founder of EJI. The
EJI has help correct injustices, like putting kids in death row. He wrote a
book, that explained how was and how it is now police brutality. He also helped
a man that was unfairly accused of murder get out of death row. He has spoken
in many documentaries and recognize what is wrong with the criminal justice
system.
Carrie Mae
Weems is an American artist and photographer. She creates
installations that combine photography, audio, and text to examine many facets
of contemporary American life. She has done work on police brutality. The way
she does her art, illustrates all the paint that the victims went through. She
has inspired me through her paintings, and art is beautiful. I want to exhibit
this artists work through my project.
Dread Scott is an artist that does revolutionary art. He is with the
black lives matter movement, where he also exposes how cruel is police
brutality.
Meek mill is an American rapper who started an organization, explaining
the rights of the people. He has been in many arrests and in many abuses. He
inspired me because he never gave up, no matter how deep in problems he was.
here is his Org page below!
link:https://meekmill.com/
Nick Yarris: he is an American writer who experienced
an unpleasant encounter with a police officer. He ends up going to prison for
22 years. Yarris did a documentary about his arrest and his life in jail. He inspired
me to do this project because he never stops giving up until he had justice. This
motivates me because, the whole idea of these project is to stand up at what is
wrong.
Here are
my refences (this is all in the video)
- https://www.app.college.police.uk/app-content/investigations/working-with-suspects/
- https://meekmill.com/
- hhttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/3-powerful-ways-to-gain-control-of-any-situation_b_6822852ttps://nickyarris.org/
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