in spite of our color. Often times there has been shootings and sometimes riots to show the pain that the races express how they feel like the law has been unfair to them. Tragically, over the past few years this unfairness in the law has created a lot of chaos in some towns. One event is the shooting of Antonio Martin in a town near Ferguson, Missouri were the shooting of Michael Brown took place. This event has led to riots, shootings of police, has increased the hate of the law enforcement from
Police shootings of young black males that ultimately result in their death have become an all-too-common occurrence in this country. The deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Gardner have highlighted police relations with this population. Before viable solutions can be established, a number of areas need to be addressed that relate to the historical context in which police relations with this group exist that impact current relations between the police and young black males. Why their lives are seemingly
Police shootings of young Black males that ultimately result in their death have become an all-too-common occurrence in this country. The deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Gardner have highlighted police relations with this population. Before viable solutions can be established, a number of areas need to be addressed that relate to the historical context in which police relations with this group exist that impact current relations between the police and young Black males, why their lives are seemingly
outside influences to change your mind. A massive issue that is occurring frequently now is police shooting. The main problem in media outlook is finding out who is in the wrong in the situation. Two discrepancies that come to mind is whether the police officer is wrong or the person who is shot is wrong. In fact, being wrong or right is debated continuously throughout
unnecessary shootings by the police just in 2015 and the first 3 months of 2016, and 14.2 of the shootings are fatalities. Just under half of these shootings are shootings on the black citizens. 5.5 million black residents were shot, 3.1 native americans, 2.6 hispanic and latino, 2.3 white, and 0.9 asian and Pacific Islanders. I feel that part of the problem is the racist police officers we have in our departments. Majority of the men that have been charged with a false shootings are white men;
The civic current event I have chosen is the recent shootings of innocents by law enforcement. Within the past year there has been countless shootings... to many, the most well known ones are Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, and Freddie Gray. Michael Brown was shot 9 times in the body by officer Darren Wilson during an altercation that brown was fighting with the officer over the gun. This was because Brown had previously during that day had assaulted a store clerk and so he had a description set of
Following the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in August of 2014 where an officer fatally shot and killed an unarmed 18-year-old black man 6 times (Bever), many people across the country found their breaking point in trust within the police after these events. There have been numerous protests, both peaceful and violent, to combat the oppression that our society feels against police officers who are meant to serve and protect us. With the increasing police brutality and militarization
The police shootings over the years have raised troubling questions about when, if ever, police are justified in using deadly force against a suspect. Many of police shootings may just represent a difference form of violence. Others law-enforcement officers may be physically incapable of taking a suspect into custody. For example, Peck (2016) writes about a $500.000 judgment against the District of Columbia when a police officer who was not in suitable physical shape used his weapon in the course
racial profiling/ bias is a large part of police shootings and arrests lately as most victims are unarmed people of color. Over the past couple of years, cops have shot and killed unarmed or innocent black men and boys. This shows light upon the worrying racial differences in how police use force. For those who critique the police, the numbers show that it's not just higher rates of gun ownership and violent crime that explain the higher number of police shootings in the US, compared to other countries
As shootings involving officers and suspects continue to rise, it brings a huge concern out there for current officers and future officers. When law enforcement officers die in a shooting it not only affects their family but also the whole community and state as a whole. In society today officer deaths are still very high and it’s something we may never be able to control but it is something we definitely need to look at and try to control it. Nobody is going to want to join the field of law enforcement