Police officers are a sign of protection, safety and justice. Their presence around a community helps establish the feeling that the community is constantly under surveillance, helping some feel at ease, while making others feel tension and hatred. The past activities of the police force have left everlasting impressions in the minds of some people, making them feel that the police are there to get them, not to help them, then pushing these feelings of animosity onto the next generation. This type of behavior is an ongoing chain reaction, making the police look like the bad guys, forcing them to work harder to demonstrate that the past does not define the present or future. This animosity stems from many generations of slavery and captivity. of African Americans by whites. Before slavery was abolished, White treated African Americans as their property, and could do with them what they wanted, in any way they wanted, including beating and starving men and using women as intimate partners against their will. After the freeing of the slaves, the bad blood between the two ethnic groups continued, from segregation to the KKK, there was always a reason why African Americans felt like they were being targeted. Police officers rarely helped African Americans, more or less pushing them back to the slums where they felt they belonged. The police did not help all citizens, but only those who matched their skin color, class, or needs. Because of this bad justice, African Americans of the next generation believed that all cops were bad, without a second thought, or the opportunity to prove themselves different. Over time, there were changes in the way whites looked at African Americans, learning that they related more than they thought. Civil rights move... middle of paper... in their native language or who knew the traditions and how to show due respect, which too many, was the failing problem they had with the previous police force. Humanity does not it's perfect, it will never be, we will continue to make mistakes, forcing ourselves to learn from them, grow from them and invent a new way of life. The past is a guiding light for what we don't want to be, leading us to always look to the future and how we can help fight for it, defend it. Police officers have made their share of these mistakes, the mistakes of those who came before them haunt them today, leaving them no choice but to fight back and prove to those they serve that they are not like that, that they are strong, better and more tolerant towards all individuals. . Police forces are a sign of safety, they can only keep communities safe if communities return the favor and keep them safe.