Gray/ Tyson

I think that neither society failed Freddy and Mike nor did they fail themselves. I think that it is a mixture of them both. Mike Tyson needed to toughen up to live in the neighborhood he did to get ahead; it also got him ahead in life. He did a lot of bad things, but the justice system kept sending him places to reform him. He eventually got to make something out of himself. The bad stuff that Mike did made him who he is today, and he was still able to get money and live a somewhat decent life in the end. He made off of his decisions on his own, society made the bad choices a lot easier, but there were other options. Mike even changed and was very respectful so that he could go to fighting training. We all have difficult choices in our lives, and sometimes it’s the most difficult paths that we need to take. Freddy Gray had a bad life. Things were not easy for him, but they were not easy for anyone where he grew up. Life was against him, but he could have stood up and changed himself.  Gray had a really bad record, so I would hope that the police are more suspicious of you. If you have many crimes, enough that many of the police know you by name, you should be watched and treated harsher. Most businesses do not want to hire a criminal, much less one with a huge criminal record. This is a way for businesses to save themselves. They do not know if the criminal would steal from them; harm their other workers, or go psychotic on a customer. You cannot blame people for not hiring him. He had many chances to change himself, and could have probably kept looking for a job that would give him a chance. It is hard to stop doing the wrong thing, especially if it is the easiest way to live. Gray could have gotten the will power to change his life, and remake himself for the better. He also ran from the police when they told him to stop. Don’t do that. Society plays a part, but it also has to do with your own constitution, and will to do good.