Crime Of Driving While Being Black - 1047 Words

crimes. For example, Ricky and Tre are driving away from a street party, and two crooked black and white policemen pull them over. The black policeman, Officer Coffey, has both Ricky and Tre step outside of the car, and proceeds to start questioning Tre. Tre quickly pleads, â€Å"I didn’t do nothin’!† Officer Coffey replies, â€Å"You think you tough?† He then points his gun at Ricky’s face, and asked him, â€Å"Scared now, ain t you? I like that. That s why I took this job. I hate little motherfuckers like you†¦ Look like one of them Crenshaw mafia motherfuckers† (Boyz in the Hood). It is this discrimination from inside the community that, may help to reduce some of the violence, causes the very stereotype of blacks being the number one target of†¦show more content†¦Since Dough takes the path of violence to deal with hard times, there is the chance that Ricky has to take when hanging out with his brother. Example one: Dough s ticks up for his brother when an opposing gang member passes by and purposefully bumps into the athlete at a party on the street. That gang member then sees Ricky staring him down and says, â€Å"Fuck you lookin’ at, nigga?† Ricky makes the mistake of being a tough guy and says, â€Å"I’m still trying to find out,† then shouts, â€Å"Nigga† to end his comment (Boyz in The Hood). Dough backs him up by getting out of his car to show the gang that he has a gun tucked into his pants and says, â€Å"We got a problem?† While the gang goes to their car at this point, they don’t forget about the situation any time soon. Example two: Doughboy continues to look out for Ricky when he sees the gang drive by his home while he is sitting outside with his gang. He calls out to the car asking what they want, arms up in the air, saying that he is right here so as to provoke trouble. It is this type of mentality that causes violence in the hood, and u ltimately gets Ricky into a serious situation. Both the challenge Dough presents to the gang with the gun, and the back talking that Ricky does provokes the other gang to react in the eye for an eye mindset. They feel as though they have been disrespected and feel the need to retaliate in the manner in which they are accustomed to. When Ricky and Tre are walking back