Mental Health Neglected in the Justice System There is a strong trend in which mental health is not properly represented in a court of law; individuals are constantly put into situations where their mental health is not considered when discussing the processing of their judicial trials. In reality, not only can one’s “mental competency” explain occurrences in a crime, but it can also determine if an individual is able to fully comprehend their case. In addition, accommodati

“I was just looking around for skittles and the convenient store manager kept staring at me. This wasn’t the first time though, so I didn’t really react,” my friend said. He realized there weren’t any skittles in stock, so he decided to leave. He was held back as the store manager called the police. Upon the police’s arrival, he was shoved forward by the store manager who assumed he had stolen goods in his possession. The police flipped him around and pushed him against the p

I refuse to be afraid to be an Asian-American. Despite this refusal, recently with the increase of hate crimes against the Asian American pacific islander community in the United states, it’s become even more threatening to be Asian. The outbreak of the pandemic that had begun to affect several nations globally in the March of 2020 caused an increase in widespread anti-Asian sentiment to the virus being said to originate in Wuhan, China. In response to the rise in such senti