JUST MERCY 2019- Mind Map by Adrita Chakraborty https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4 By: Adrita, Shanique , Jim, Karina, Hifsa en-us 2021-03-01 20:37:13 UTC 2025-10-27 19:44:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/262f.png Thesis Statement: Systematic racism has worked its way in our justice system to silence the less privileged and give more power to those that have always been held superior in society https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290316034 2021-03-09 23:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290316034 ARGUMENT #1 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290322405 Systemic Racism]]> 2021-03-09 23:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290322405 ARGUMENT #2 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290324969 Injustice]]> 2021-03-09 23:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290324969 Key Scene-Execution Scene https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290409353 In one of the scene that represented injustice is when Herbert Richardson (played by Rob Morgan) was put in the electric chair. Mr. Richardson was charged with murder of a white women and put on death row.  
(Shanique)]]> 2021-03-10 00:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290409353 What is Systematic Racism? Adrita adritachakraborty2002 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290432342
  •  Also known as institutional racism
  • It looks at larger, structural and institutional operations rather than individual biases and behaviors. 
    • Adrita
    ]]>     2021-03-10 00:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290432342     https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290687330 It was established that he was suffering my PTSD because he suffered a traumatic event during war. When the date was established to execute date, they are applied to change the date but it was denied.
    (Shanique)
    Note: Picture from the Scene below]]>     2021-03-10 01:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290687330     https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290690503 The sad part about this scene was there was evidence to point out that he needed help but the system decided to execute him. 
    (Shanique)]]>     2021-03-10 01:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290690503     What is Injustice? https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290697386 Means lack of fairness or justice.
    (Shanique)]]>     2021-03-10 01:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290697386     Definition adritachakraborty2002 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290724471
  • Ingrained bias, a racist lens and embedded with a discriminatory lens 
  • that doesn’t provide or allow for equal or fair opportunities for racialized peoples to succeed within.
    • Adrita

    ]]>     2021-03-10 01:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290724471     ARGUMENT #3 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290727891 Corruption]]> 2021-03-10 01:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290727891 In Canada adritachakraborty2002 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290728510 For example, Canada’s federal policing system 

    The RCMP have continued to be perpetrators of violence against Black and Indigenous people over 150 years later. 

    Adrita]]>     2021-03-10 01:51:33 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290728510     Key Scene- Equal Justice Scene jimsidhu38 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290756321 Bryan Stevenson who is the defence lawyer of Walter McMillian in his closing opening statement calls the justice system corrupt because it favors the wealthy and dominate group. The system also treats criminals very differently based on race and status. 
    (Jim)]]>     2021-03-10 02:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290756321     Clip From JUST MERCY- adritachakraborty2002 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290887569 2021-03-10 02:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290887569 Just Mercy- Opening scene prt 2 adritachakraborty2002 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290907792 - In this scene the sheriff of the town arrested Walter McMillian because of "the stigma around how he looks and due to his race"
    -The police had no reasonable or probable grounds for that arrest 

    Adrita]]>     2021-03-10 02:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290907792     What is Corruption? jimsidhu38 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290935015 It means to abuse power through dishonesty. A  person or organization entrusted with a position of authority using power  in a wrong way. 
    (Jim)]]>     2021-03-10 03:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290935015     Clip from the Scene jimsidhu38 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290966296 2021-03-10 03:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290966296 jimsidhu38 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290985432 Corruption is defined when Ralph Myers testified to the court that he lied about seeing Walter McMillian commit a murder. The sheriff changed his testifying statement which leads to framing an innocent black man.
    (Jim)]]>     2021-03-10 03:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1290985432     Sentencing adritachakraborty2002 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1291015582 - Walter McMillian was wrongfully convicted, and given a death sentence, without any proof of the incident

    -It was planned and framed, according to society, and a system that looks at black people different from the rest. 

    Adrita ]]>     2021-03-10 03:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1291015582     Police Powers adritachakraborty2002 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1291025804 -This clip highlights the use of unnecessary force
     
    - Shows how corrupted our system is when it comes to black people 

    - Police services aren't in place to convict the innocent, but often times justice comes with a cost for the less privileged. 

    Adrita]]>     2021-03-10 03:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1291025804     Scene-Strip Search karinapatel429 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1295303310 Racism
    This scene happens towards the beginning of the movie. Bryan is at the prison to speak to the inmates. There are two guards at the front desk. The first guard orders Bryan to step into a room for a strip search.
    (Karina)]]>     2021-03-10 21:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1295303310     Pt 2 karinapatel429 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1295591719 Bryan replies that Attorney's aren't strip searched for legal visits. The guard disregards that and tells him that he can't go in unless he strips down. Bryan looks up to the other guard to see if he would object, but he just keeps looking at a magazine.
    (Karina)]]>     2021-03-10 23:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1295591719     jimsidhu38 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1300577452 Walter McMillan and other black inmates in Alabama  were put on death row without a trial
    (Jim)]]>     2021-03-11 23:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1300577452     Pt 3 karinapatel429 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1301129820 Once the guard and Bryan are in the room, Bryan starts to strip. The guard tell him to bend over, but Bryan just stares at him. The guard laughs in his face, then leaves.
    (Karina)]]>     2021-03-12 02:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1301129820     Pt 4 karinapatel429 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1304144478 -What we can take away from this scene, is that the guard looked at the colour of Bryan's skin and forced him to do a strip search.

    -Otherwise if it was someone else, they might not have done the same. 
    (Karina)]]>     2021-03-12 19:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1304144478     Talks about the scene karinapatel429 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1304616650 (Skip to 0:53) (ends at 1:27) (Karina)]]> 2021-03-13 00:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1304616650 Ralph Myers' False Testimony hifsakhan241 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1306060845 Manipulation & Fabrication of evidence by the State in attempts of finding an "Easy Solution" instead of prevailing Justice highlights the presence of Corruption within the Justice System.

    EXAMPLES from the Film:
     -  Myers' initial Testimony not being disclosed to the Defense Attorney
     - Torturing Myers to give a false statement in court (Against McMillian) by making him relive his childhood Trauma/Fear of being burned as he's locked in a cell next to an Execution Room.
    (Hifsa)]]>     2021-03-13 22:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1306060845     Quote + Analysis hifsakhan241 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1306103973 "More people asked me if they can help today than they did in my whole life."
    ~ Herbert Richardson (Prior to his execution)

    This quote indicates the lack of interest and attention given to cases like Mr. Richardson's by the members of the community & the need for an increase in public awareness regarding matters like Wrongful Conviction, disproportionately High Incarceration Rates among the Black community, and Ethical Considerations within our Justice System.

    (Hifsa)]]>     2021-03-13 23:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1306103973     About Movie adritachakraborty2002 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1308932232 Movie summary:
    Bryan Stevenson goes to Alabama after graduating from Harvard to protect those who have been wrongfully imprisoned or who have been denied fair representation. Walter McMillian, who was sentenced to death in 1987 for the murder of an 18-year-old girl despite testimony proving his innocence, was one of his first cases. In the years that follow, Stevenson encounters racism and legal and political maneuverings as he tirelessly fights for McMillian's life.


    True Story:  
    In August 1988, a black man named Walter McMillian, known as Johnny D, was sentenced to death for the murder of a white teenage girl in Monroeville, Alabama.


    Adrita.

    ]]>     2021-03-15 04:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1308932232     Director adritachakraborty2002 https://padlet.com/adritachakraborty2002/qkrkme48ev6dz0m4/wish/1308955089 Initial release: December 25, 2019 (USA)
    Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
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