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Police Brutality: A Growing Problem For People Around The Nation

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Imagine a family member being beaten to death by multiple police officers for looking suspicious or not pulling over in the car. Unfortunately these incidents are not uncommon in today’s society. Police brutality is a growing problem for people around the nation. Brutality is often and individual problem rather than a whole force of officers. Police are not obeying code and using excessive force, racial profiling is being used, and there are unspoken codes about not saying anything about injustices that happen. In this instance there are many different studies that can provide statistics about the topic. Statistics show that every 7 hours a cop kills an American citizen and in 2016 1,152 people were killed by police. (Chief of Police.

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