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"There were two cops. One said 'You niggers have to learn to respect police officers.' The other one said, 'If you yell or make any noise, I will kill you.' Then one held me and the other shoved the plunger up my behind. He pulled it out, shoved it in my mouth, broke my teeth and said, 'That's your shit, nigger.'"(Abner Louima) The police officers that allegedly performed this act of …

…forward to the day when his four children would not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I think he was right then and now, but the country has sunk deeper into racism. I believe it is time to regress to King's idea. The content of one's character and not the color of one's skin should judge a person, which is the sole decent of American criterion.