Police Brutality against African American people has begun to take a toll on our communities. African American communities cannot even trust the police, because of the way they are being treated unfairly by a police officers of them distract or their state. Which is why the police are being coming more advanced in technology, but still fail to use their powers as an officer correctly. This cause the police officers are using misconduct against African American people when confronted by them. This
African American community. Police Brutality is a major problem that many African Americans fear dealing with racial divides but some believe minorities cause higher crime rates. In the dictionary of law, Police brutality, is the use of excessive and/or unnecessary force by police when dealing with civilians. Many Americans have gone through many situations where they were excessively force by the police. But few American’s were racial profiled, discriminated, or beat brutality for no appointed reason
Police brutality and feminism are some of the issues the United States faces today. Police have always been an issue for people to deal with especially for the black community. Numerous African American males have encountered situations where they have been accused of crimes or beaten by the police. Feminism dates back to history where women were discriminated and degraded because of their gender. In today’s society, many of these conflicts still occur today and many prejudicial statements are made
Police brutality and feminism are some of the issues the United States faces today. Police have always been an issue for people to deal with especially for the black community. Numerous African American males have encountered situations where they have been accused of crimes or beaten by the police. Feminism dates back to history where women were discriminated and degraded because of their gender. In today’s society, many of these conflicts still occur today and many prejudicial statements are made
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee is a book based around social inequality present in Maycomb county in the 1930’s. The novel takes place in Maycomb, a small town in southern Alabama. The book is also during the 1930s depression era. Lee 's novel is told from the perspective of a young girl, Jean Louise Finch, who 's nickname is Scout. Scout grows up in a racist, and intricate world. She struggles to understand subjects like rape, racism, and discrimination. To her, racism seems very unfair, and
Police Brutality has been a problem since the early 1900’s, the problem majorly struck when Michael Brown was shot in 2014, this caused nationwide protest. “Activists blocked intersections, riot police arrived in armored vehicles and about 200 demonstrators were arrested” (The Washington Post). Organizations have been around to stop police brutality of African Americans, like the Black Panthers in 1966, who wanted freedom of African Americans and to stop all these problems that were occurring. Their
The Rise in Police Brutality Police brutality and corrupt cop issues have increasingly risen. The problems posed by the illegal exercise of police power, which is an ongoing reality for individuals of a disfavored race, class, or sexual preference. There are innocent people beaten or put in jail or prison. They can be helped, but the ones beyond help are dead. There are good cops and there are bad cops. Under the law, article 7 states: ?No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel
Arney The following piece of work will discuss racism within the criminal justice system by viewing the Black Lives Matter movement, the roles of law enforcement and how that effects citizens, and potential solutions to the problems in the system. Within our criminal justice system, it is evident that there is a problem by the ratio of blacks in prison, and the number of police brutality cases in the country. Civil rights groups are not a new thing in the United States, but after the disputed
color of their skin or when you think different races exist in the world. Racial discrimination comes in two different forms extrinsic and intrinsic. Extrinsic is when you believe that a certain race is bad. Intrinsic racism is when you have a specific hatred towards a certain race. To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel that shows many forms of racial discrimination that was written b y Harper Lee in the 1960’s. In To Kill a Mockingbird, a black male named Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white woman named
Driving Question: How can I prevent the police from abusing certain citizens based on race? An 18-year-old African-American man was going to the bank, trying to renew his credit card. All of a sudden a man in black ran out of the bank asking him to bring the money to the car, that’s when he knew it was a robbery. The alarm when off and police sirens approached. The 20-year-old refused to help him so the man in black drove off. The police arrived, saw the young man, and arrested him. Yes, it was an arrest