The Importance Of Civil Rights In The United States

The United States government should be overthrown due to its lack of ability confront principal controversial issues that affect their nation. The United States government is quickly losing legitimacy as it turns a blind eye to the written rights of minorities and the greater population of the United States of America.
Incredibly, many federal documents and laws protect civil rights, but the Declaration of Independence lays out three very clear inalienable rights that should be granted to every person should have in the nation, yet the actions of the government clearly oppose the promises of these rights. These rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The original idea of the rights came from the mind of John Locke, but Thomas Jefferson derived his own version to set up the nation in which people pride themselves on their freedom and independence. (Quiz #2 Overview) They would both be upset to see their founding principles be swept under the rug as the seemingly undeniable rights are only for a portion of the American population.
According to Rousseau’s social contract, if one entity breaks their half of a promise,

Unfortunately, in the past few years, the very people who are supposed to be protecting our rights have disregarded this unconditional right. The government has the ‘monopoly of coercion’ in that they allow the protectors of a city carry weapons to intimidate wrongdoers. This can either be a great way to keep peace if the guardians seek peace, however, Hannah Arendt’s ideology of the banality of evil surely applies to a few guardians. Not everyone in a clean-cut uniform is a good guy. (Banality Of Evil Lecture). This responsibility has proven to be too much for some people to handle and the result is death of innocent people all based off of racial