After reading the article Political Lies About Police Brutality by the New York Times Editorial Board, I noticed that the article was heavily biased for African Americans and tries to make the point that police officers in the United States, in their quests to promote justice and fulfill their duties, are more likely to bring harm upon black citizens than white citizens. The author attempts to persuade readers in numerous ways that police are more likely to trouble black citizens than white citizens. One way the article accomplishes this is by stating that Gov. Chris Christie, a “desperate presidential candidate who is going nowhere fast”, believes that President Obama is promoting “lawlessness” and brutality against the police by advocating …show more content…
The article goes on to declare that there is no data confirming Mr. Comey’s statement and asserts that Mr. Comey must surely not have any data to support his argument leading readers to believe that Comey is wrong. The final method of persuasion used by author of this article to convince the reader that police brutality is focused more toward black citizens than white citizens is an allusion to one of the New York Times’s previous studies on police behavior in Greensboro, North Carolina. This study was referenced to show that in Greensboro, black drivers were pulled over and searched by police far more often than white drivers, even though white drivers were more likely to be in possession of unlicensed weapons or drugs. While this reference does greatly help the author convince readers the blacks are more targeted by police officers than whites, it is important to note that cases in other cities are not