St. Louis Area Council on Restorative Justice
From the article read the author’s main argument is that restorative justice in the St. Louis is correlated to the ideas of peoples and their wrongdoings. There are some principles or guidelines that speak about how wrongdoings are a violation of people’s interpersonal relationships. I believe this is the biggest reason why certain things like racism was and are so big in St. Louis and even across the country. When you go against people’s personal boundaries in relation to being treated right and equality you run into situations where people feel like they are not being heard or understood. This then can turn into protests and other acts of freedom of speech which is our first amendment right. As the article mentions “Restorative Justice acknowledges that when a person does harm, it affects the people they hurt, the community and themselves”. It’s not just about when you do something wrong and forget it, the moral is when there is a misunderstanding when it comes to people’s voices and actions, people should be held accountable for their wrongdoings and the people that are or were affected should not have to suffer because others do not like the way things are going, or because a particularly community wants to improve or do better for themselves.
This source teaches us to understand what restorative justice is and to address issues when they should be and need be, within a respectful and proper manner. One phrase I like to use is “ One bad apple can spoil the whole bunch”, and that is what can happen when one person gets hurt or a group of people get hurt, it spreads like wildfire. As humans we have to be conscious and aware of who and what we are doing because if not we can hurt people emotionally instead of uplifting and helping.