Police Brutality In African America

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)

“Many years later, little had changed. A black man named Rodney King was involved in a high-speed chase in Los Angeles. California, on March 3, 1991. Police pulled him from the car and beat him. A bystander took video footage of the beating. The four police officers involved were indicted, but they were acquitted in 1992.” ( "Police Brutality and Race.")The quote from the article “police brutality and race” shows a situation that happened in 1991 that is similar to the incident in the book. A lot of times when incidents like police brutality the police officers often win because they are “doing their jobs” when in reality they are often accusing many citizens. Often cases of police brutality the civilian that is abused is male and black. This is because they are stereotyping thinking they are up to no good when they can be innocent by standers. Racism and stereotyping in most cases end badly. Police officers abuse their powers and hurt and or injure people because they “assume” which often leads to a bad ending. “FBI statistics show that white officers killed black suspects twice a week in the United States over a seven-year period. That’s an average of 96 times a year.” (police officers abuse their power).studies show that WHITE police officers are the ones to kill BLACK suspects due to “assumption”. Their is a very high statistic that shows how many blacks are killed in a

Racism and police brutality in America” by Cassandra Chaney and Ray V. Robertson touch upon racism and brutality in America. Their article talks about respecting the cops but they also mention police brutality through stories from people that experienced this. Although Satzewich and Shaffir reached out to people to cops to write about their personal experiences and thoughts about racial profiling, Chaney and Robertson’s article is a stronger source because they used several sources and focus on both sides of the situation.

In our past white Americans use black African Americans as slave labor, now we see many white citizens still hurting and disrespecting them. A major example is police brutality. Police brutality is the act of police using force to deal with suspects that are beyond what is necessary. Police brutality has led America to a bad reputation with cops that go by the term, “to serve and protect.” Not only that, but it has contributed to racism in the country; many white police officers have been responsible for ending many innocent black lives. To the reader, for whoever you are, let this article inform you the many ways police brutality can be confirmed by story examples, racism, and reminding us why we came to our country. Maybe you haven’t seen it yet, but now you will know. Take note of what you have learned from the past about these events and similar events if you have learned about them. Step in someone else's shoes and see what they are seeing.

There have been many cases in which police brutality has occurred. For example, the most notable case is the Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman incident. This incident not only hurt many people psychologically, it raged on many protests that have led to a destructive path. The Rodney King case stirred up many-outraged Los Angeles locals in 1992. Arson, Ransacking, civil strife, and disorder, were all after-effects of the four officers being acquitted for the blatant beating of Rodney King. Theses riots lasted six days before concluding. These radical acts of violence should never be able to pass. To further

Bernasconi, R. (2014). When police violence is more than violent policing. CR: The New Centennial Review, 14(2), 145-152. doi:10.14321/crnewcentrevi.14.2.0145 The article examines a particular case where a young African-American male was shot by a police officer in Chicago. The author looks at the causes of this incident as well as discusses the absence of accountability that the police department faced. The content of this article applies to all three disciplines that will assist to explain police brutality.

Racial Bias are a direct correlation to police violence against African Americans, stereotypes perpetuated by social constructions and media representation along with individual prejudice help by police officers view African Americans as a threat especially African American men. Police trust this ideology of “threat” to assist in their use of excessive force against African Americans to comply. (Tyler, 2011; Tyler et al., 2015, Skinner, Haas,2016).

When it comes to police brutality, it is one of the many forms of police misconduct, which involves violence done by a police officer. Police brutality has been around as long as policing has been around. This kind of action has been growing over the past years and is mainly directed at people of color and minorities which can sometimes result in death. For example, in 1919, “an African-American teenager drowned in Lake Michigan after violating the unofficial segregation of Chicago’s beaches and being stoned by the group of white youths” (The Chicago Race Riot of 1919, 2009).

The issue of police brutality and the use of deadly force is a topic that brings up much debate and when it pertains to race and/or class, it has been historically associated with certain groups based on them. Throughout the history of the United States police brutality has shown up many times in many different circumstances. Mainly seen as an issue when encountering labor strikes in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, police brutality in its earliest forms was against mostly the blue collared lower classes who were protesting. This soon changed towards other movements as the nation progressed, notably the civil rights movements where police brutality was captured

In our society, there has been several issues but one of the main concerns is what has been going on in the 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 is one of several forms of police misconduct which involves undue violence by police officers. This is a problem, it is very dangerous and is also becoming more of an issue as time goes on. Police brutality can sometimes lead to deaths or someone being seriously injured. Some officers use extremely too much force when is not needed. It exists in many countries and territories, even those that prosecute it. It seems as if they target young African Americans more than any other race. Once a young black teen is killed it’s like nobody seems to care or as if it’s not a big deal but if it was the other way around then the cop would most likely be fired on the spot without any say so. “Often police officers build up negative feelings towards certain races, sexes, or religions. Officers tend to get the idea that if one or a few people treat them with disrespect, then other people of that same sex or creed will behave the same. Race consistently plays a key role in police brutality in the United States.”

The big question surrounding police brutality is, why does it occur? Cassandra Chaney took a quote from two men in her journal entitled Journal of African American Studies that says, “More specifically, the authors posit that most Whites believe that Blacks are disproportionately inclined to engage in criminal behavior and are the deserving on harsh treatment by the criminal justice system”(Chaney 484). For decades now, African Americans have been taking the blame for why things happen to them. In most cases African Americans are not the ones to blame. They are simple the best choice to point fingers at because they are the minority. Police brutality has been in America since slavery came about. Police brutality can be summed up as police in the justice system who mistreat members of the community, especially the minority. Police brutality is not just killing African

Although, Non-Hispanic white people are sometimes victim to police brutality, it is often more than not, African Americans who are victims of police brutality. According to Marger (2012), “racism is an ideology, or belief system, designed to justify and rationalize racial and ethnic inequality.” (p. 25) Racism is, sadly, a common ideology in the United States. Minorities are discriminated against on a daily basis. Violence against African Americans can be found throughout American history; such as, the lynching of African Americans. In the present day America, African Americans are stereotyped, discriminated against, given longer and harsh sentences, are victims of police brutalities and are shot and killed by police officers.

Some may say police brutality is one of the major noticeable events going on across America and mostly in our inner cities. Police corruption goes on in a widespread among other countries as well. Officers are often committing these crimes claiming self-defense, however in most cases the eyes observe otherwise. African Americans are more likely to get stereotyped and are often to become victimized of the act. Police brutality incites fear and lost of trust, gives officers bad representations, and causes riots and protest in communities.

From years among years, African American individuals have been killed by police officers due to racial profiling also known as “Police Brutality.” Police Brutality is a form of “police misconduct” which involves violent activities caused by police officers. Police Brutality exists in many countries, even countries that are against it. Although Police brutality is illegal, most police officers end up getting their charges dropped due to lame excuses on top of excuses that the system takes intro consideration. The police officers committing these crimes should at least be punished for their actions. Police Brutality isn’t fair, it isn't right people all over the world are losing family members to racists and stereotypical police members.