Police Brutality Case Study

This academic paper will discuss and examine the code of ethics and security case study. This paper will examine police brutality in New Orleans. The case will be examined from the perspective of the four different ethical theories. The four ethical theories are ethical relativism, ethical egoism, deontological ethics, and ontological ethics. The analysis will determine how the different perspectives support or condemn the conduct in the case study. The analysis will reveal which ethical theory resolves the particular ethical issue or issues from Criminal Justice Ethics 2e, Case Study 1.1, Police Brutality in New Orleans.

Police brutality is one of the most serious and divisive human rights violations in the United States and it occurs in every community. The job of a police officer is to maintain public order, prevent, and detect crime. They are engaged in a dangerous and stressful occupation that can involve violent situations that must be controlled. In many of these confrontations with the public it may become necessary for the police to administer force to take control of a situation. Sometimes this force takes the form of hand to hand combat with a suspect who resists being arrested. Not all police officers in communities are good cops. At least once a year the news is covering a story about a person

One day a boy named Tyrone and his father were on there way to Six Flags when they were pulled over by a police officer. The cop walked up to the vehicle and Tyrone’s dad asked the officer why he was pulled over. Then the cop asked Blue, Tyrone 's dad, to step out the car so he stepped out the car and the officer searched him. After that Blue tried to take off his jacket but the officer thought he had a gun and pulled out his weapon and shot Blue in his face in front of his 10 year old son. Blue was rushed to the hospital he was in critical condition, Blue died later that night. Police shouldn’t be able to get away with police brutality because officers are responsible

Over the past several years, and especially now in the past two years, innocent black men are being killed every day by police officers. More often than not, see news headlines of more and more black lives being taken. Innocent lives being taken by officers who serve little to no justice. Eric Garner, Alton Sterling, and Philando Castile are only just a few names on the long and growing list of the black victims of police brutality. Police officers should be held more accountable in cases against police brutality so the list of innocent black lives doesn’t keep growing.

It is crazy how much police brutality goes on in the United States. Some names of popular cases are Philando Castile, Rekia Boyd, and Tamir Rice (Lopez, Johnson 6). Is it a coincidence that all three people that were just listed are African American, or that the majority of police brutality cases involve people who are not white? Racial corruption exists in the judicial system as shown by unlawful shootings, stereotypes, and stand-your-ground laws. Somebody has to stand up and do something; everybody has to stand up and do something. But how can anything be accomplished if citizens are just shut down, laughed at and problems only get recognized for about a week or even a couple months and then forgotten about? This is a clear, known issue throughout

There has always been a common assumption from the police and society that minorities, primarily African Americans, are associated with criminal activity, in turn causing police brutality today. When the news report shows a police officer hitting a black man who was suspected of a crime, there are many people quick to point out police officers as racists. Usually, the police officers would say something along the lines of, “He attacked first and would not comply,” or “I thought he had a gun.” Now in some scenarios, this may be true as the suspect might have tried to fight back but most of the time, it is not. Many police officers in these cases try to make up lies to get out being known as a racist. Thankfully, there are many witnesses and

POW…..POW…..POW!!!! That is the sound of police shootings. Police are the community's protectors. If so, why are the people who are supposed to protect all people attacking them? Specifically, why is there so much police brutality towards African Americans and such little done about it? This has been an ongoing question as well as the topic of police brutality for decades. In 2016, over 250 black people were killed and 34% of them were unarmed. Black men lose their lives for doing next to nothing due to police brutality.Trayvon Martin and Eric Garner were just a few of those murdered.

Police brutality has disturbingly become a trend in America. Cases like Walter Scott and Eric Garner has caused Americans to question the true duties of law enforcement officers. Is it to protect and serve? During the death of Walter Scott brought about questions because Scott was routinely stopped for a missing break light. Video footage shows the two men, Scott and the police officer having a civil conversation. Footage then shows Walter Scott running from the law enforcement officer and the officer shooting him in the back. The case of Eric Garner is slightly different from Walter Scott’s, Eric Garner was choked and killed by a police officer and it was all caught on video. The police officer approached Garner after he was caught illegally selling cigarettes. The acting law enforcement officer put Eric Garner in the chokehold, Garner stated he could not breath but the officer did not loosen his grip resulting in the death of Eric Garner.

The police was arresting a overweight African American. While they were arresting him he had a asthma attack but while the man was trying to grab for his inhaler while he was trying to show the officers that he couldn’t threw him on the ground and forced him to put his hands behind his back, and in the mix of all that he died of a asthma attack. In America today there is a problem with police brutality, there are a lot of cases were the police beats or either kills the victim in minor events, also.

A second case in which shows police brutality was the one the case in Cornelia, Georgia on May 28, 2014. A toddler was injured when the SWAT team broke into their home and threw a flash grenade. The family was asleep at the time. The SWAT team receives an anonymous tip alerting them about a supposed drug deal (Wolverton II 34). The SWAT team did not even look inside before breaking in and throwing the flash grenade without consent or warning. Is there not a protocol for them to check whether the anonymous calls are authentic or false? If the SWAT team immediately reacts every time there is a call involving drugs then one would assume they would check first if the information given is actually true. Sadly, there are people who call 911 to hoax

Recently there have been many conflict emotions when it come the topic about police brutality. Police brutality is where men or women from the police force use an excessive amount of force or abuse towards people in the community. Whether it was done with for the right reasons of wrong reasons, many agree that the amount of police brutality in our country in this past few years have risen where citizens either fear or are angered at the police. Some on the other hand could say that it is not all of the cops fault. It takes two to tango, so the other person involved must have had an impact on why the outcome was so brutal. But people also must realize accidents do happen. This is an issue that has a lot of controversy and not a lot of attention

Police play an important role in our society since they are the ones in charge of enforcing the law, keeping the order and protecting the citizens. Because of the complex job police perform, many times they get involved in dangerous and violent situations, where they have no other option rather than to use force to keep control of the situation. However, there are cases where they abuse of their power and use excessive force even though it is unnecessary. This issue is called police brutality and refers to “any act of unmerited excessive and aggressive physical, mental and/or emotional abuse, above and beyond the law, enacted upon by an individual or group of individuals in law enforcement” ( Mitchell).

Have you ever thought how many people die from police brutality. I want to tell you about how many police officers kill innocent people, many times “ 2 out of 3 people are innocent and harmless and the 1 person is dangerous and is equipped with weapons. This is a big issue because during the years police brutality has been increasing and most officers just kill because of the civilians race or skin color. In the next few minutes, I am going to discuss police brutality, how it affects civilians , and how we need to protest or start a club so instead of increasing police brutality we decrease it.

Despite how many police brutality cases there will be, police brutality will remain. However, before police officers resort to unreasonably violent acts, they should try to resolve the situations as peacefully as possible. In some instances, this hasn’t been the case. After learning about tragic events that fall under police brutality that was caused by the officers who are supposed to protect and serve the people, and preserve the peace within the country, it may raise questions as to what the government is doing in order to minimize these tragic events. There is no such thing as getting rid of a problem forever, but you can take the necessary steps to minimize the damage done as much as possible.

Police brutality is an often hushed topic within contemporary Canadian society. However, in 2016 police brutality and the lives of black men were forced into the conversation, when police and the actions they partake in became a heavily publicized and recorded issue. In Canada, the death of Abdirahman Abdi set a metaphorical flame under a once dormant and ignored issue. The death of Abdi shed light on a broken system that disadvantages people of colour (Ritchie, 2016). Abdirahman Abdi died in the summer of 2016 after succumbing to the injuries he sustained during a violent arrest by the Ottawa police. Abdirahman Abdi’s case shows the police force’s lack of sensitivity towards mental health, and how police officers can be impulsive and violent