Ethical Arguments Against Police Brutality

Police brutality is the use of any force exceeding that reasonably necessary to accomplish a lawful police purpose ( Police Brutality). There has been some serious human rights violated by officers in the world today. Mainly focusing on African Americans and their perspective, there has been severe beatings, fatal chokings, and shootings and none have been justified. Most cases do not get reported or are left to be forgotten. Families all throughout the united states suffer each and every day because of the unexplainable amount of excessive police force.

BlackLivesMatter is a movement that has a goal to "see a country where all lives are dealt with equal measure, given the same benefits, held to the same laws" (Damiani, 2016). The term BlackLivesMatter was created after Trayvon Martin was murdered by Police in Florida in 2013 (rightsidenews). The term started off as a twitter hashtag and turned into a movement after becoming nationally recognized. It was created by three people named Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi (rightsidenews). Not long after BlackLivesMatter became such a huge movement a counter movement was created. It is called AllLivesMatter. This is a very controversial movement because people were offended that other people were saying BlackLivesMatter. The goal behind

The history of the United States has been a reflection of ferocious brutality through  1776 through 2017. Started by the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln, the civil rights for African Americans began. In the Midst of their freedom, the 13th amendment eventually abolished slavery though  the south, slavery was still mostly concentrated. The 14th amendment gave equal rights and protection, which African Americans are still oppressed to this day.  Martin Luther King and 600 more protesters were  involved in  malicious crises performed by Selma State troopers. The U.S. constitution established and gave U.S citizens their rights on August of 1789, but down the line of severe beatings taking by minorities

Most of the police brutality cannot be attributed to any significant proof but is only based on racial profiling. As such, the police attempted to detain suspects who they assumed to be behaving in a suspicious manner, any form of resistance resulted in fatal shooting. Furthermore, in most cases, blacks who were shot were not armed even though police tried to prove that they had within their reach dangerous items like knives (Russell-Brown, 2004). While carrying out their duties, police officers justify their actions against black people by arguing that they felt threatened or were in a position that forced them to shoot. It shows that speculation and a negative attitude against black people were the main reasoning behind the brutal treatment

There is an issue of police brutality that is sweeping the nation. When a person looks a little bit deeper into this issue a person can realize that it was more than just raciest or financial status that was separating officer and common citizens. Throughout this paper it talks about how so many conflicts that are coming out today about law enforcers are due to the lack of training, not able to deal with high stress situations, and the political advantage that police have that are increasing police brutality in America. Through the beginning of my article it explains the stress and the situations that police officers endure. The government have been protecting officers through serious situations that have happened. For example, in the Travon

I swear to God that white people don't care about our fucking rights . I will be stating how this is true. My first reason is police brutality. For example, in Cleveland at a local park an innocent young boy was shot to death. A white officer responded to the call, the call was that a young boy had a bb-gun. My next reason is growing up black. Watching a crime happen and then the police jump to conclusions and think it is you. Also the reason the judge you is because of the way we dress, they way our hair looks and mostly where we live. My final reason is racial profiling. For example, white cops are judging African Americans for crimes they didn't do. As can be seen, African Americans need justice.

There is a war going on with police brutality. There’s always something new whether it’s abuse, homicides, or injustice in our community. Society has a huge issue with police officers because many are not pleading guilty for the murders of African Americans. Ever since the Trayvon Martin case, black culture created a bigger feud with police. We live in a world where our “heroes” are becoming villains in our country. The injustice for these particular cases are so common that the community and help from the president of the United States is not enough. During the Mike Brown case, Barack Obama walked in the march in Ferguson with the Black Panthers for the protest. Even if you have the whole community and the president on your back the white man still wins.

As you look around and see that it’s not only white police officers during police brutality there’s also black officers. Black officers are now going against their own race because they are starting to symbolize white power, which means that the white officers have trained them to look at black people differently; however, they are starting to pick up white racism and white repression because they are surrounded by it which it causes them to act this way towards the people. Even though, police officers were trained to tolerate disrespect from citizens, however, some respond with an excessive force. So we ask ourselves, “If police officers are supposed to ignore the disrespect and ignorance, then why do they continue to go against our human right? Is it because of our race or background?”. There’s questions that a lot of people wonder, but they know it wouldn’t get answered or it wouldn’t be the answer they are looking for. As years go by police brutality started to become worse. It all started when Rosa Parks wouldn’t give her seat up to a white person. All the colored people were

Racial disparities occur in arrests, stops and use of force. A report on the Minnesota police department found that Black people are stopped more than twice as much as they should be, for their share of the population(4); In Ferguson it was found that police arrest black people at a rate three times higher, than their share of the population, and “At least 1,581 other police departments across the USA arrest black people at rates even more skewed than in Ferguson” (5). Force was also found to be used at more disproportionate rates against black people. It was found that blacks are 50% more likely to experience “use of force”(6). These are clear cases of racism in the police force, it shows that there is bias rooted in all enforcement actions. It would be statistically impossible for these disparities to exist, without some element of racism in many actions and levels of the police force, and the only way to change this is to completely reconstruct how enforcement is carried

In recent years’ police departments have been brought into the public eye based on the public belief that police brutality has become a norm within the police system in recent years. Yet this has occurred for decades in police departments, not only that but there are multiple forms of brutality to take account of in the criminal justice system specifically towards African-Americans. The criminal justice system has become accustomed to creating a system of racial control after the ending of the Jim Crow Era. Causing every level of the system to work in a way that limits the freedom of African-Americans the most common being that of police misusing

The question is: Is police brutalityー that is, excessive and harmful use of force by law enforcement personnelー a systemic problem in America? Certainly it’s a problem, but that it is endemic to the system of policing itself is not necessarily quite so clear.

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The brutality of the police force has been a long worldwide problem, but especially between the years of 2012-2016. Black people are being unjustly beaten and shot in plain sight for doing nothing while being unarmed. Journal of African American Studies “Blacks are viewed as deserving of harsh treatment in the criminal justice system” (482). “Black males with more “Afrocentric” features may receive longer sentences than blacks with less Afrocentric features like lighter skin and straighter hair”(482). Nowadays it is important to know about the police force. It’s important to know our rights as citizens and be careful around cops. Not everybody is good, but not everybody is bad also. In The New York Amsterdam News 21 people were killed by Chicago police in 2008. Entire families were being attacked. They believe it’s because of their skin color and how they are different. The year of racism started off with the world seeing the police murder of Oscar Grant. “The media have pushed people away from hearing the issue of police brutality, and it has fallen off of the radar screen.”(2) “You can’t give in. They will try to make an example out of you, try to break your spirit!”(2) African Americans say do not trust the cops with anything. “They will ruin you.”(2)

and police brutality was seen against Indians. It even made the Indian Government Issue a warning about the possible dangers of going to Australia.

“Officer Jeronimo Yanez, charged with second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Philando Castile, a 32-year-old black Minneapolis man” (Capecchi). “Brian Encinia, former Texas trooper charged with misdemeanor perjury stemming from his arrest of Sandra Bland, a black woman who was later found dead in a county jail” (Almasy). “Sgt. Kizzy Adonis, charged with failure to supervise in connection with the 2014 death of Eric Garner, a 43-year-old black Staten Island man who died after police to administered a controversial choke hold” (Eversley). These are a few examples of the mistreatment suffered by young black citizens at the hands of police officers that resulted in the death of a suspect. Throughout the nation, the mishandling of the authority given to police officers has increased and is not merely coincidentally occurring.