In the movie The Hurricane, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was put in jail for half of his life because of a corrupt police officer abused his power and unfairly jailed Carter. Officer Della Pesca was responsible for all of the things Rubin Carter was charged with. The reason Officer Della Pesca desperately wanted him in jail so badly was because Carter was an African American. During the 1950's,1960's and 1970's corrupt politics and racism were …showed first 75 words of 1373 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1373 total…it is easy for something like that to happen. Rubin’s case would not have had the same outcome if it had happened in the 1990's, but at the time of this case corruption was frequent and many people were racist. It is just a shame that some people could be trusted so heavily by the community, but in actuality they do not know what the difference between what is right and wrong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**