perspectives of the black community but both sides face similar discrimination. House Party showcases predominately affluent African Americans as seen through Fraternity Galas and elegant houses/neighborhoods, whereas Straight Outta Compton displays the urban side of the black community seen through the projects, dope running, and gang affiliation. However, both factions of the African American community face similar discrimination through police stereotyping/profiling and police brutality. House Party perfectly
Police brutality in the United States has escalated in recent times. To develop a peaceful environment amongst human beings, one of the main topics to look at is human rights. While more often than not, police brutality violates the concept of human rights it is still a very important task to discuss the topic and create possible solutions to such a concerning and threatening issues in the United States. In this case, statistics is a very important factor that is required to display how serious of
it is crucial to note that police brutality is not synonymous to racism against a particular group. However, there is a stigma that police often racially profile a specific African Americans. In February 2015, two cases of police brutality did not involve African Americans; instead the two victims were a Hispanic shot and killed in Washington State and an Indian-American severely paralyzed in Alabama. Even with this considered, of late, a majority of police brutality cases have involved minorities
Police Brutality against African Americans From over 300 years African Americans have struggled from being taken from their homeland to being forced into slavery. They regained their so-called ‘Freedom’ but were never quite equal with all. African Americans have been fighting for equality for years and have had multiple leaders bring attention to the issues like Martin Luther King Junior forming marches to Rosa Parks refusing to get up from her seat for a White person. In this day of age African
ESSAY- Police brutality in African American community. My essay will be about police brutality in the African American community. I will present facts about police brutality in the African American community, I will also go deeper about the history of police brutality and also will get into the history and how police started as first in America. My first book that I researched and this topic of this book caught my eye, which was called black rage in New Orleans, with the title as police brutality
were oftentimes spontaneous yet there were undeniable patterns that appeared too often to be coincidental. The Detroit rebellion stemmed from racial inequality and discrimination of African Americans in the city. The most common factors of the rebellion were the issues of police bias and brutality against African Americans and housing and employment inequality. Consequences of the rebellion’s spontaneity, however, were disorder and lawlessness. Although it resulted in chaos, the 1967 Detroit Riot was
Police Brutality, an ongoing abuse of power that exists in the United States should be resolved immediately. The functioning element within law enforcement should consist of organized, just, and civilized officers. The presence of police brutality is becoming more of an issue as society grows. The problem posed by the illegal exercise of police power is an ongoing reality for individuals of a disfavored race, class, or sexual orientation. Police brutality must be stopped so that police do not forget
Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, and Walter Scott: these are only a few amongst thousands of victims of police brutality within the past couple of years. Perhaps the most disconcerting fact of this aggression is that it appears to have a specific target: the African American minority. The number of casualties due to racist police brutality keeps growing every day, and it will only continue to do so until action is taken against it. Here is where the problem arises, though; as individuals
“The African American community is not making this up. It’s not something that’s being politicized. It’s real” - President Barack Obama, speaking about police brutality to law enforcement officials at a White House Panel. Police brutality is the deliberate use by police of more than necessary force, used to accomplish legitimate police missions of subduing violent people, catch criminals and suspects or protecting life and public order. In the year 2014, 1108 people were killed in cases of
the U.S. police force and minority groups. In 2014, the music artist T.I. released “New National Anthem” as a response to the recent killings and injustices in America at the time through Grand Hustle and Columbia Records. In the wake of the Michael Brown incident with law enforcement. Even though some people may argue that “New National Anthem” is just another mainstream song, the song holds a strong response to the struggle of growing up as an African-American and having to deal with police brutality