Addressing Police Brutality The topic that I am proposing is police brutality. Are police officers committing police brutality or are they just doing their job? We as a community are hearing more and more about police brutality in the United States. It is really common to see on the news or social media videos of police brutally beating individuals that seem not to resist arrest or even with their hands up in the air as a sign of surrender. My intended audiences are, communities, and police departments
Javell Gunn Ms. Cooney English CP10 25 October 2017 Research Paper One day a boy named Tyrone and his father were on there way to Six Flags when they were pulled over by a police officer. The cop walked up to the vehicle and Tyrone’s dad asked the officer why he was pulled over. Then the cop asked Blue, Tyrone 's dad, to step out the car so he stepped out the car and the officer searched him. After that Blue tried to take off his jacket but the officer thought he had a gun and pulled out his weapon
I. Introduction The police department is a county and a state level agency and their main job are to enforce rules and regulations in place based on the jurisdiction. The police officers that work in the department are the backbone of the community, their main role in the society is of a peacekeeper. Their dedication and devotion to their duet to keep the public safe is what the police departments were all about. However, police departments have not been seen as the peacekeepers anymore. The trust
Turner-Odom AFRS 100-01 Research Paper 15 December 2017 Police Brutality against African American People There has been a long-time history of police brutality more on African American people than on Caucasian people. White police officers profile African American people as criminals just because of the color of their skin which causes physical, mental, and psychological damage. Police brutality is an excess and unnecessary use of violence police officers use toward civilians. Police abuse has been going
Police brutality against African Americans was present in South Carolina during the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. One of the more famous incidents has been called the Orangeburg Massacre of 1968. “28 students were injured and three were killed- most shot in the back by the state police while involved in a peaceful protest” (zinnedproject.org). Orangeburg, South Carolina was home to two black colleges, South Carolina State University and Claflin University, and a predominately black
should handle police brutality cases, provides a different view to consider when dealing with the Justice Department, “Another thing to take into consideration is, “The Justice Department needs a more coherent and accessible approach to the collection and analysis of police abuse data…Without essential information about the problem of police brutality, the Department cannot effectively combat [such brutality].” Some feel that is not necessary for police to wear cameras because self-defense does not
Police brutality is one of America’s most dangerous things as of right now as of racism. Today, we deal with police brutality more than anything. I thought police were supposed to help but clearly, we were all wrong. Don’t get me wrong, not all police officers are terrible and “pigs” but lately, most of them have been terrible. All they seem to be doing lately is abusing their powers and taking advantage of us. Charts show that police brutality has and will continue rising. When you look at the news
It is pretty evident that America has a problem and it is centered around the police. Police brutality has been going on for years but the advancements in technology helped shine light in the issue sand was suppose to furthermore help combat it. Yet there seems to be little benefits to the introductions of body cameras. Police officers are supposed to wear these devices and record interactions they have in order to help bridge the gap of suspicion between what the officers says and what really happens
Some may say police brutality is one of the major noticeable events going on across America and mostly in our inner cities. Police corruption goes on in a widespread among other countries as well. Officers are often committing these crimes claiming self-defense, however in most cases the eyes observe otherwise. African Americans are more likely to get stereotyped and are often to become victimized of the act. Police brutality incites fear and lost of trust, gives officers bad representations, and
For the past years in the United State police brutality against citizens has been a serious issue. Over the past months it has been the top subject to discuss between citizens and the media. Police brutality is “use of excessive and/or unnecessary force by police when dealing with civilians. Excessive use of force means a force well beyond what would be necessary to handle a situation” (). Police brutality can take place in any form such as verbal abuse, sexual abuse, racial profiling, false arrests