Persuasive Essay On Police Violence

Ironically, “Cops killed nearly twice as many whites as blacks in 2015, 50 percent of the victims of fatal police shootings were white, while 26 percent were black. The majority of these victims had a gun or, were armed or threatening the officer with potentially lethal force.” “Alternatively, some believe that these statistics are

Over the last two years in the United States the African-American people have been fighting a war within our own backyards. The Washington Post reports that since January 2015, the police have shot and killed over 175 young black men ranging from ages 18-29; 24 of them were unarmed. On the flip side 172 young white men were killed, only 18 being unarmed. With these statistics there are similarities in the numbers but, blacks were killed at rates disproportional to their percentage of U.S population (1.Washington Post). Of all unarmed people shot and killed by police in 2015. With 40% being black men make up just 6% of the nation’s populations. In the wake of the killings of Mike Brown, Sandra Bland, Alton Sterling, and many more the world has been made more publicly aware of injustices black people have to handle when dealing with law enforcement. Crime in the black community is nothing new in the black community or should I say black on black crime. There is a bad stereotype that has been put on black people since slavery times that I believe has help fueled the violence between the police and my people.

A report made on May 31st shows that at least 385 people have been killed by American police since 2015 has started. FBI reports show that over the past decade, the annual average for fatal shootings by police is about 400, and this year they are close to surpassing that only half-way through the year. Two thirds of these people have been either African American or Hispanic with one in six of them being unarmed at the time of the shooting. More than 80 percent of the shootings were because of what had started as minor things that escalated into assaults. This is important because police brutality has become a bigger issue with police being more likely to shoot with race in mind.

While police brutality rates being at a high rate in the us in the past few years most of the cases could have been avoided if the suspects had been listening to the officers. Statistics gathered by the Cato Institute’s National Police Misconduct Reporting Project confirm that around 1% of all police officers commit police misconduct in a given year. As police rate rise people often mistake this for racism against different raises but if you look into those cases when black or other ethnic groups are shot or killed they are shot more often by a black police officer than a white officer.

Police officer’s participation in ethical/unethical shootings and/or patterns of excessive force practices has shown a greater prevalence in low-income black communities’ statewide more often than white communities. Eruptions of anger due to the outcome of civil proceedings leading to civil protests, violence, and the creation of various pro-black groups have shown greater evidence of a widespread issue meanwhile having a domino effect in cities and states across the nation. In the wake of the death of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Freddy Gray, all killed by white police officers during apprehension cities in the states: Cleveland, Pennsylvania, St. Louis, and Baltimore have

People got killed and harmed by police. According to Guardian, 950 people were killed by police in 2015 by October (Colarossi). Police used too much force that was unnecessary to people and that caused people to die and hurt. According to Thinkprogress, young black men are 21 times more likely to be killed by police than young white men (Petrohilos). That shows blacks had a higher chance to percent become a victim of police brutality. In October 2015, a black

NAACP (The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) reported in Oakland, California that from 2004-2008 37 out of 48 shootings by Officers, were African American (Lee). With weapons not found in almost half the cases (Lee). Of course, no Officers were charged. If there is so many African Americans being shot when more than half of them don’t have weapons, then Officers should be indicted for using such poor judgement and taking things too far. There is many other alternatives that Officers could use but instead they jump to their most deadly weapon. The NYPD reported that more African Americans have been shot between 2000 and 2011 than Hispanics and Whites (Lee). In New York, African Americans are usually the ones who are targeted by Police. Well, anywhere really because African Americans come as a threat to them and Officers automatically think they are up to no good. There has been at least 16 cities which have been investigated for police abuse (Lee). Although there is way more cities that have to be looked into. Each year between 2006 and 2012 there was on average 96 cases of a white police officer killing an African American (Lee). It’s really sad hearing about all these shootings but it’s something you get used to since it happens so

The mistreatment of minority communities is starting to gain national attention though the reasons why they are the topic of discussion is shocking and disgusting. Michael Brown, a young black man in Ferguson, Missouri, was killed by Officer Darren Wilson, left in the street for four and a half hours, and conveyed to be a criminal while his killer was acquitted of all charges. Eric Gardner was strangled by NYPD police who broke protocol, was acquitted of all charges, and further justified their actions. Overwhelmed by the events going on in America in regards to police brutality, I wanted to take a deeper look at what event or series of events had led us to be in the terrifying predicament that our society is in today. The lives of African American men are being taken every day at the hands of law enforcement and I needed a deeper understanding of why this was occurring so

Over the years, this country has witnessed many cases of police brutality. It has become a controversial topic in the U.S. It has led to things such as riots, protesting, and movements such as “Black Lives Matters” and many others. One of the first ever most controversial police brutality cases was the Rodney King case. “Five officers pummeling Rodney King with batons more than 50 times as he struggled on the ground outside his car. The recording immediately sparked outrage” (Flatow Nicole). King was pulled over for speeding at gunpoint. Everyone who was in the car was arrested in the proper manner, where Rodney faced a different fate. He got out of the car and experienced 15 minutes of what he calls “ the worst 15 minutes of his life”. During that 15 minutes, he was tasered and hit with a baton more than 50 times. He suffered many severe

“The finding that young black men are twenty one times as likely as their white peers to be killed by police is drawn from reports filed for the years 2010 to 2012, the three most recent years for which FBU numbers are available (Deadly Force).” Looking at this report from ProPublica, lethal weapons have been used by police upon black men throughout the time, and the numbers have been increasing every upcoming years. Ferguson is one of the example about abusing police authority and power. There are stereotypes exists in our society that black men are more likely involve in crime, such as robbery, murder, rape and so forth; which leads to an conflict between different races or blacks and white. Ferguson, an unarmed black teenager Michael Brown has been killed by white police officer. Brown was a suspect in a robbery of local grocery store before the shooting. The police officer Darren Wilson was profoundly criticized for his action against the black male. After few months of investigation, a grand jury decided not to prosecute police officer for any unlawful charges in relation to the Mr. Brown’s death. After the jury decision, people were came out and protest against the police brutality and injustice in America. Especially, Ferguson has been seen as war zone because of huge military style policing as well as violent protester.

In 2016, there were almost 1,400 recorded arrest related deaths, and in arrest African American people are three times more likely to be killed than white people (Banks, 2016).

Taking after lamentable passing such as Eric Garner and more because of police, the black community is offended over the prejudices and unaccountability in law authorization. According to George Mason Law, Professor Ilya Somin brings issue with the laws themselves, and asks whether all laws are truly worth slaughtering for. It is seen that police are harming or killing minority each time they capture someone. It is said that every year, several thousands are captured from peaceful wrongdoings. According to Somin (2015) “the more bigot and unaccountable you trust the police are the more you ought to need to restrict the quantity of circumstances where they can cause that injurious and supremacist conduct on regular people” (para 2). Could we legitimize executing individuals for peaceful violations, could we legitimize the demise of Eric Garner and endless others. According to dailykos.com in 2015 police violence in American towards minority was bad and is only getting worse instead of better. Around the month of September in 2015, it was recorded that at least 865 African Americans have been killed. As of 2014 the number killed by police was 804, so you can see

One very common situation that happens to an individual is one' s silencing of their own voice. Everyone has at least one thing they believe in, and keeping something silent will not help it get better or heard. For example, if one loves to write about current events or their own opinion, but they are too afraid of getting judged for their viewpoint, it will never reach light. By one speaking up and bringing those opinions to people, one will get support on those beliefs

Since January 1st, 2012, there have been 30 reported cases of the justified murder of black people in the first few months alone. 20 of those were unarmed citizens (Savali. Killers Behind The

Police brutality is consider the act of a police officer abusing his/ her power against a person while arresting them or during a response to a call. One of the earliest cases documented occurred in 1991, it was the beating of Rodney King, a man who was being pursued on a high speed chase involving Los Angeles police officers. The video recorded by a man standing in his balcony showed proof that Police beat and caused 11 fractures. 4 officers went on trial and were connected with the beating of King. The fact that 17 other officers were not charged led to violent riots that went on for a few days and caused the death of 50 people. Another case that can be brought up is the shooting of 22 year old Amadou Diallo on February 4,1999 who was gunned down in New York by police officers who were searching for an alleged rapist in the neighborhood in which Diallo lived. When Police officers confronted him in front of his door Diallo reached for his wallet and was fired at 41 times and was hit 19 times which killed him almost instantly. People in