Police Discrimination And Discrimination

What is racism? Racism is defined as discrimination toward someone’s race or religion etc. As we know today, this is a big issue, especially in United State. This is important to me because it does not matter what skin color you have or what religion you believe in. All that matters are that a person follows the law. Police officers, for example, they are supposed to use the power that they have for the bad people, people that do crimes and our threat to our society. Using violence against people that haven't done any threat to our society is wrong. In Sweden there is some racism, but not to the extent that black people will get harassed because of their skin color. In Sweden, the law is for everyone and whoever breaks the law will get the punishment they deserve. We all know that it is always two side of a story for example what happened to Michael Brown on August 9, 2014. Michael Brown was robbing a grocery store. The police officer stated that “He shot Brown after the teen attacked him”, While brown’s family said, “Brown was surrendering when he was shot dead.” You are always going to hear two different sides but the justice will find out who is the guilty one and who is the victim.

Racial injustice against people of colour is an immense, ongoing issue that has not only targeted lives but has also taken many innocent lives. In America, these racial divisions date back to the days of slavery, where black people were denied of their basic human rights because of discrimination. In present day, some individuals view America as a post-racial environment, due to such victories as electing a black president; but the brutal, fatal and unjust events in Ferguson, Missouri prove that these divisions are still present. On August 9th, 2014, an unarmed, 18 year old black teen was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer. The events that led to the death of Michael Brown occurred on an early morning where Mr. Wilson stopped Michael Brown and a friend after leaving a convenience store. An altercation occurred which prompted Mr. Brown to flee and officer Wilson to begin shooting. The death of Mr. Brown caused the city to stand up against police brutality through peaceful protest, looting, and even violence, to gain justice for Mr. Brown and his family. As the protests grew, the police used military tactics such as, tear gas, to “maintain order” during the unrest of the city. In recent, news the grand jury decided that Officer Darren Wilson was not responsible for the death of Michael Brown, which led to a larger public outrage not only in America, but also across the

A young man’s brutal death at the hands of the police is found justified in a court of law due to his “suspicious” appearance: a black hoodie and his hands in his pocket. An elderly woman is fatally shot in her home for her relation to a suspected criminal. A married man with two toddlers is choked to death after a minor traffic stop by an officer who later claimed that his unarmed victim was wielding a gun. These people all have a few commonalities: the color of their skin, their presumed guilt at first sight, and their ultimate unjustified death administered by the law force. These are not uncommon occurrences. Due to the staggeringly disproportionate rate of African-Americans killed by the police, and the underlying rampant racial profiling, police brutality towards blacks in America must be called to light.

After the horrendous shooting of Michael Brown by an officer in Ferguson, Missouri a petition was sent to the White House that looks into equipping officers with body cameras on the line of duty. Since the Michael Brown petition exceeded a hundred thousand signatures the Obama administration was obligated to respond to the social issue (“#BlackLifesMatter” 1). By observing officers' encounters with citizens, we’ll be able to determine objective evidence of a situation. Mistreating, framing, or racial profiling towards individuals who are of different descent is an obstruction of justice. The proposal has rapidly gained popularity through social media, but the topic is more complex and complicated than society realizes. Many Individuals are

The more that I look at this Sandra Bland case, the more saddened and frustrated I become. The truth is, black people, we have some culpability in this as well. We don’t want to face the possibility of the darkness that may very well be at the core of this tragic situation. Yes, I fervently question the overzealous behavior of the trooper that decided to escalate the situation instead of deescalate it, as he was trained to do. Yes, I am aware that there are some questions concerning the initial release of the dash-cam video, which illuminates the willingness of law enforcement to cover its ass, at all costs. Yes, I know that the

Kaepernick began his silent, kneeling protest at the beginning of last season, not as an assault against the United States military or the flag but as a dissent against a system that has, with a great degree of consistency, failed to hold accountable police who kill unarmed citizens. Since he did this, forty-one unarmed individuals have been fatally shot by police in the United States, twelve of them African-American, according to a database maintained by the Washington Post. The city of St. Louis recently witnessed three days of protests after the acquittal of Jason Stockley, the former officer who, while still working for the city’s police force, fatally shot Anthony Smith, an eighteen-year-old African-American motorist who had led officers on a chase. Stockley emerged from his vehicle, having declared that he would “kill the motherfucker,” then proceeded to fire five rounds into the car. Later, a firearm was found on the seat of Smith’s car, but the weapon bore only Stockley’s DNA. The issue is not imaginary.

I chose this topic because the certain police officers that had passed away in the line of duty had served for so long which made this subject so interesting. After looking at multiple tables I have come to the conclusion that the southern part of the United States has had the most casualties from the years from 2006 to 2015. As I was reading this article, one thing that caught my eye was that there were more accidental deaths of police officers in the south. Through this I can concur that the south possible could have the most problems with police officers between 2006 and 2015. The south has the most related casualties to police officers which shows that the other parts of the US don’t have problems with these officers.

As the newly appointed police chief it has come to my attention that our past hiring practices may not have been working, specifically in the realm of affirmative action. Our population consists of 51% female and 30% African American, and we WILL NOT refuse to hire anyone because of a person's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. We will hire the right people to ensure the success of our department, and our hiring standards will remain the same but the process in which we hire will have some changes. We are not going to lower our standards just to make a quota. We are going to actively recruit and seek out the very best our community has to offer. One of my goals as your police chief is to ensure that the best of our community is serving and protecting all of us.

My position on if there is discrimination in law enforcement or the institutions that they are from is that they are not discriminatory towards minorities. I've come to this conclusion by reviewing data from various credible sites such as FBI criminal database, the daily wire news, Columbia University, and bjs.gov. I will first start with the stats from the federal bureau of investigation´s annual report from 2015, it states that from a total of 9,014,635 the vast majority of crimes committed is by whites at the majority of 6,214,197, in contrast, the only ⅓ of crimes in America are committed by non-whites. The difference between white and nonwhite offenders is that nonwhites commit the majority of violent crimes making up 52% of murders and

Most of us would like to think that we make decisions that are free of any stereotyping or any biases, our biases do play a role, subconsciously. Our beliefs and attitudes that have shaped us throughout our lives and can effect some of our decisions, even police officers have gone through this. It does not always have a negative outcome, but there are biases present when police officers make certain decisions. Some of those biases are that they can favor one person, group or point of view from someone, or they can have a personal opinion about something or someone based on their beliefs. These can affect decision making for police officers. We just need to be more aware of the different cultures around us and learn how to accept the diversity

You brought up a good point. As in my other post, I have mentioned that minorities are underrepresented in the U.S police department, therefore; the issue of bias and prejudice against the police cannot be reduce. When minorities feel like that they cannot trust the police because they are underrepresented than it will only create segregation among the multicultural community. The only way that to reduce problems like discrimination and harassment is to hire more various ethnic background officer, so that the community would feel that police officer are diverse and that would reduce the bias against police.

The uniform worn by a police officer often psychologically embodies each individual’s stereotype about the officer’s authority, status, and motivations. In this formal paper, will explore the cause of the negative perceptions that Canadian minorities have on police uniforms.

1. Police officers can create positive public relations if they demonstrate cultural sensitivity and respect for the members of all ethnic community. However, if a police officer did not have the cultural understanding and cultural respect for people with different ethnic this will only widen the gap that has existed between the police and multicultural community.

In recent years tensions have been on the rise between blacks and police, moreover, it only seems to keep getting worse due to the falling justice system of police not being held accountable for their actions. Furthermore, in this article it talks compares percentages of how Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics feel about the police in their local communities. Also, there are racial gaps on how each views the performance of police. The Black and Hispanic community agree that fatal encounters with police are a social problem than whites. Moreover, all three groups feel like there’s dual motives behind protest, whether it be hatred against the police or it being for the call of justice to hold the police accountable. For some the use of body

Everyone has human rights, but everyday those rights are being violated in a plethora of ways. There are plenty of human rights such as; All humans are born free and equal, freedom of religion, and all people are treated equally without discrimination (Universal Declaration of Human Rights). In reality all humans are not treated equally, and that is a violation of people's human rights. Individuals that are not white are being beaten by officers for doing nothing at all, or a little petty crime. The excessive force on people of color that police officers use is not new it has been around for awhile, and it is getting out of control and is still happening today. This is a human rights violation because everyone is supposed to be treated equally without discrimination of any race or religion.