Police Violence And The Police

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)

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.

Race-based hostility and bias is a major national issue affecting our democracy, and racial hostility between minorities and the police is a significant societal problem (Police Traffic Stops and Racial Profiling: Resolving Management, Labor, and Civil Rights Conflicts). These encounters are becoming far too frequent. Eric Gardner is amongst one of the countless African Americans who have been racially profiled and murdered by law enforcement. Allegations of excessive force by police departments across the country continue to populate headlines more than twenty years after the 1992 Rodney King incident (The Painful Legacy of Rodney King).

White police officers are infamous for using excess force towards young African-American especially in larger cities such as Chicago. It has become a controversial topic among communities that have seen police brutality take place in front of their homes.$1,800,000,000 is estimated to be the annual cost of police misconduct to taxpayers. Although the misconduct isn’t strictly towards police brutality, $1,800,000,000 is incredibly outrageous. There may be a reason to why African-Americans seem to be targeted by police officers. Many believe this could be a sign that racism has been institutionalized in our police force across the nation.

Police brutality occurs when there is an abuse of authority and force by the police towards civilians. Police abuse is a topic that has been controversial because some argue that police should use their force while others argue the opposite. One thing that is certain is that police brutality does occur. Many wonder what leads to police abuse and a criminological theory that explains it is Edwin M. Lemerts labeling theory. According to Lemert labelling theory is a theory that argues that there are two types of deviance which are primary and secondary. These two types of deviance lead an officer to abuse of their power. A solution to stop police abuse is based on John Braithwaite’s reintegrative shaming theory. Labelling theory is the most

The law enforcement was created to bring peace and safety among the community where it is needed. And we were all taught to respect them. But quite frankly some of their knowingly wrongful actions made the entire law enforcement seem awful. And they broke our trust and respect for them all. Today, there has been a plethora of killings among black men by the police. Five years ago, when the death of Trayvon Martin occurred, pain and anger was then brought upon his families, friends, his community, and nationwide. They wanted justice to be served for their lost loved one and they continued to fight for it. It seemed to what might had been the last of the innocent and brutal killings among young black men by an officer. But unfortunately, after two years had passed, a few other killings occurred. There was Dontre Hamilton, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Michael Brown Jr., etc., who were all fatally shot by an officer multiple times and the killings sadly continue to rise tremendously.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” (Martin Luther King Jr.) The recent injustice produced by police misusing lethal force to African-Americans is increasing much violence and suffering around the nation. This inappropriate use of lethal force by police must be stopped by utilizing cameras, and further training; and if that doesn’t work the federal Government must get involved and investigate these departments.

Unlicensed food stalls are usually left alone during a holiday such as, Lunar New Year. Now government officials are attempting to rid street vendors who were selling fish balls, and other delicacies. With all of the rioting, officers and protesters began to violently clash. Disputes on a Tuesday morning, go from throwing bricks to firing warning shots. 54 protesters were arrested, and 90 police personnel were injured. Activists feel as if their rights to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression are being threated because of the authorities’ attempts to break up the protests.

Despite what the officer says the dog was actually not attacking Price and didn’t bite or growl at him before the shooting; giving the people the sense that not all shooting that have occurred don’t always add up ( Solis, 2017).Unlike other police stations, some have begun training officers to deal with pets. With this police are less likely to resort to using their guns in every scenario.

For this paper I will be talking about the process of setting up the debate and the topic of the debate. This was a new concept for me and I found it to be very interesting. When I registered for this class I didn’t think we’d be doing such debate oriented things and I have to say it was a great learning experience.

As the prevalence of police abuse as shown through the media has drawn loads of attention to the need for increased surveillance on police, a cure to this epidemic is now needed. While brutality and police abuse seems to be an outdated idea, the sudden surge of violence has caused police to fight back in what we would think of as un-police like manners. Methods must be created and acted upon which effectively deal with police who happen to cross the line, from simple situations to serious prejudice or violence. These solutions should be offered by a variety of viewpoints, from both sides of the spectrum, so they may address both the needs of law enforcement and citizens. Some of the solutions, especially policy changes, will be met with much

The increase in police brutality in this country is frightening. Excessive force on citizens has resulted in murder. Since May 2013, over 2,000 Americans have been killed by cops. Officers are not being held responsible and have been allowed to return to their normal duties while families of the victims have been left without justice. Americans have developed a lack of trust for those who have sworn to serve and protect. This pervasive distrust is grounded in the reality of unjustified violence.

Given that the police frequently experience risky and often impulsive violence while seeking to defend the community (Stimulus C and G), it could be contended that police need more powers to use force in order to execute their duties safety. Whilst both stimulus C and G, news articles on police violence, detail frequent extreme incidents of violence against police, these sources do not indicate that the violence police face in their job is a result of, or is worsened, by an inadequate power to use force to respond to the types of behaviour detailed in the reports. The term ‘reasonably necessary’ is not detailed in the legislation, which means that an assessment of what is ‘reasonably necessary’ can be made by individual police based on all

Social injustice and racial profiling continues to be a part of the African American community. There were 1152 people killed by police in 2015, 30% of victims were black, only 13% of the US is black and 97% of deaths were not followed by any charges against police officers (mappingpoliceviloence.org, US Census Bureau). These

The topic that has my interest would be police shooting and how much it has gotten worse over the years. Thiers a lot of questions asked when it comes to police shootings/police brutality. The first thing that the media always brings up is did the person deserve to be shot or was the person shooting at the police, in which case two valid questions but the fact the cops shoot to kill it appears in many police shooting they will usually shoot at the body of the person, they aren’t likely to shoot at your legs or a place that won’t automatically cause death. The reason this is a concern is because I believe the African American community is targeted more than any other ethnic group in America, they are more searched than any other ethnic group it causes fear with the community and this also makes the police job harder, because now they will be more trigger happy to shoot someone in a slight move they make. A big media case from last year was shown an African American man helping his patience that left his care, while this was going on the man was laying down with his hands up telling the cops I am just trying to help my patience within 2 minutes the policeman shoots at the unarmed man injuring him, but lucky the man survived. The strange part of this shooting was that the police was 20 foot from the man that they shot, which also makes you wonder how is it possible that a man can have his arm raised clearly a video of the incident showing the man with his hands up still was