The most pressing social problem we are facing in 2016 may, quite possibly, be that despite the very different social problems facing the United States, not to mention the world Today, most people are uninformed or, even worse, apathetic about any issue that doesn't directly concern them. On the other hand, there is also a growing minority of people, mostly young adults and college students, who are committed to protesting and seeking solutions to social issues that they find troubling for moral or personal reasons. One of these most contentious and controversial issues, which has become increasingly urgent in recent years, but which seems to have reached a boiling point in 2016, is the epidemic. Both the Black Lives Matter movement, which accuses police officers of racial profiling and killing young black teenagers due to systemic racism within law enforcement, and the Blue Lives Matter movement, a conservative movement that works in opposition to Black Lives Matter and express pro-police sentiment, are guilty of manipulating social media to create online outrage. In essence, social media has inadvertently created a new kind of yellow journalism, which is especially dangerous in the modern age where most people get their news from online headlines on their Facebook timeline rather than doing their own research by reading articles from multiple sources or requires adopting an objective lens on a variety of issues that are extremely subjective and endemic. I acknowledge my ignorance in attempting to examine the underlying causes of a complex social problem such as police killings, but I would argue that it is a problem without concrete causes, which again can only be determined on a case-by-case basis. . Indeed, it is dangerous to generalize or group these separate incidents under a single overarching cause such as racism. It is hoped that the number of killings by police or civilians by police will continue to decline in the future, as the most recent data seems to suggest that killings by police have decreased compared to last year and that the reform it places cops under increased scrutiny continues to spread. For example, many police cars are now equipped with dashboard cameras and police officers are required to wear body cameras, which holds them personally culpable for their actions and forces them to act with greater awareness and caution when they are engaging a possible suspect . Over time, I'm sure we will see changes. Social problems are not solved in a day, but over a longer period, months or years, as change occurs gradually in all affected areas of society. However, as a citizen of the United States and a member of your community it is important to consider and keep in mind important social issues. Therefore, staying