Police Brutality Ethos Pathos Logos

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the following image is arguing that police brutality is a much more of a common occurrence to the people of color, It claims that "racism still exists" in bold white text on a colored person being oppressed by a police official in the poster. the poster is in black and blue with white text, the colors of black and blue the the two opposite sides of the colored community and the brutal police officials. The title of this poster is "Don't want to get stopped by NYPD? STOP BEING BLACK", the title is offensive and very Illogical targeting the pathos in this poster, it then continues to use much more statistics to the right of the picture, proving the amount of racism in the police force. while that is pathos, its is very logos too, because of the

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