Police Violence

Not only has Police Brutality exposed hidden racism, but it has begun to cause separation in our nation. All of these Police Brutality cases such as Alton Sterling, Mike Brown, and Trayvon Martin just to name a few, all have happened within the last 3 years, and they were all documented on camera, exposing the reality to millions around the world. The conflict didn’t stop at the shootings though, many big-name Athletes stood up for the altercations and asked for attention. I am going to go over each individual shooting, the athletes that stood up for them, and political leaders that spoke on it.

b) Their silence and ignorance set a bad example to the communities they are meant to protect.

A police force is an organized body of people empowered by the state to enforce the law, protect property, and limit civil disorder. In today’s society, it is often questioned if policeman’s purpose in society is fulfilled. Since 2015, police have killed 964 people in the U.S. Despite being only 13% of the population, black people were 25% (242) of those killed. (MappingPoliceViolence.org) These killings are often identified as police brutality. Police brutality is the use of any force exceeding reasonably necessary to accomplish a lawful police purpose. Police brutality is a rising but yet unsolved issue that remains relevant in today’s society. Differences between African Americans and police officers often affect interaction amongst each other. When police officers aren’t representative of the people they are supposed to protect, they often use cultural differences, racial tensions, and bias to target or view these communities as dangerous.

Police brutality is one of the most severe human rights violations in the United States, and it occurs in many communities. Police officers have one of the hardest jobs out there. They have to maintain public order, prevent, and identify crime. Throughout history, the police community has been exposed by brutality in one way or another. Violence by law enforcement officers in the United States is one of the most serious human rights violations in the country. Police officers have engaged in unjustified shootings, severe beatings, fatal chokings, and unnecessarily rough treatment. The history of police brutality is repeated, going through stages of violence, corruption, and improvement. Many people think of corrupt when they hear the word

and Canada has gradually increased (Walker, p, 580). The very fact that most victims of police brutality are members of poor and minority communities should be the cause for concern, and contributes to the perception that the police are more likely to engage in force when dealing with a minority suspect than when dealing with a non-minority suspect (Walker, p, 580). The negative consequence of racial bias, excessive force and stereotyping of the minority community leads to the mistrust of police by the minority

Killings among young men of color has risen in these past few years during altercations with the police. African-American and Latin-American men are dying for reasons such as rush of judgement and possible acts of racism. These acts that are being committed are considered the term of police brutality. Police officers seem to be shooting unarmed men of color as the ultimate solution when being confronted with these altercations. These three examples I will provide will show how many young minority men are being killed at unprecedented rates across America.

In the past few years a consistent stream of videos have been surfacing on social media displaying profound amounts of police brutality, specifically towards African Americans, here in the United States. This current situation of police brutality towards African Americans in this country is not something new, it has been occurring for decades. However, with the advancement of technology and social media it has now been able to be brought to the forefront of the American people. Causing some unrest among civiliansan eruption of protests throughout the country. Even causing quite a few celebrities to join the movement and speak out as well. Of those celebrities, Kendrick Lamar, a hip hop artists from

   Police work is dangerous. Sometimes police put in situations that excessive force is needed. But, because some officers use these extreme measures in situations when it is not, police brutality occurs. I believe Police brutality needs to be addressed, because it affects every one of us within our society. How can we trust the Police officers who sworn to “serve the public” when they use such excessive force that results in homicide?

Some groups of people in this society are getting incredibly out of control on how they are treating people and it’s been like this for awhile.

Those of the minority community have been subjected, for many decades, to violence by those in law enforcement in the United States. This type of violence is a direct depiction of police brutality, which often leads to death. Police brutality has been an issue for many years, and it remains a major concern for those of the minority community. Over the past five centuries, black people have endured violence in many different ways. Today, police officers use deadly, excessive force that leads to inexcusable assaults, beatings and shootings.This demonstrates the government’s role in initiating and prolonging racial suppression and provides the explanation for police brutality to become a federal crime. In history, racist

Police brutality is an issue fraught with statistical misconceptions. The debate is often over whether police brutality incidents are either underreported or accurate. Despite the fact that numbers are used in both arguments, this does not serve as true empirical evidence since the numbers lack the proper context necessary to make assumptions from the statistics. For example, a statistic was produced by The Free Thought Project stating that “police in the United States kill 70 times the rate of other first world nations (Agorist 2015).” Additionally, the language surrounding the term “police brutality” is vague, making it difficult to identify what police brutality actually is. Ultimately, this causes police brutality to be underreported as

Although it may not seem to have a lot of crimes in the public eye, the city of Saint Paul has suffered many cases of black on black violence as well as police brutality. Growing up, as a younger child, I have witnessed my own brothers an older cousins become dependent on the streets. I grew up learning my basic skill as well as learning to never answer the policeman if he asks me if my brothers are in my home. Growing up, reaching the 7th grade I saw the same young boys whom I had 5th grade classes with become dependent on the same streets my brother and cousins were now too far deep into. By the time I graduated high school the same male friends that I had since elementary were either labeled an associate/member of a local gang, in jail,

Police brutality is one of the several forms of police misconduct with involves undue violence by police members. Police brutality is not only a past issue, but a recent and ongoing issue which affects the lives of minority's and people all over the county today. Not only should minorities be aware of this violence, but other races should be alert. Familiar cases such as the Michael Brown and the Plessy vs. Ferguson is an example of police violence. The tragedies that occurred throughout the years has been very important to many people today. Many people feel threating and sometimes afraid of police officers. With an issue like this we should be very aware. J. Cole song “Neighbors” uses many examples of police violence against minorities. The overall song is racial issues towards minorities. The police violated J. Cole and his friends just because they were black living in a white wealthy neighborhood. African Americans has been targeting on multiples occasions by the police enforcement based on the color of their skin. Violent actions made by police against innocent and/or defenseless Africans Americans has led to horrific life altering injuries and even death. Creating harsher punishments towards the officers who’ve committed these crimes should be enforced to give justice to the families of their victims.

Police officers, the men and women Americans are expected to trust our lives with, have nobody watching them to make sure their job is done correctly. Does this sound safe? Police officers are repeatedly breaking traffic laws. Police brutality has become a common topic in the United States. Officers wearing cameras would also help solve multiple investigations. Police officers should have to wear cameras to keep them from abusing their power and to get to the bottom of investigations faster.

Situations which a law enforcement officer is required to use force is extremely rare. So rare, that when an officers calls are looked at over the course of a year; less than 1% of calls were reported with force being necessary. The nature of which a police officer needs to use force usually is the outcome of how a suspect’s behavior is to the officer or situation. Society grants police officers a certain amount of authority within the limits of the constitution to uphold the law and protect the public. However, there have been circumstances over time where an officer or officers have overstepped the limits in which they are bound by law.