Research Paper On Police Brutalityity

The conduct of the officers featured in the television show was similar regardless of race. The television show “Cops” features criminal justice professionals conducting the day-to-day work in the criminal justice system (Schmalleger, 2014, p. 6). In situations where the suspects acted combatively, the officers used force to apprehend the suspects. A Caucasian Officer used force to apprehend an African American suspect that attempted to flee. The officer threatened to Taser the suspect, but was able to apprehend the suspect by tackling him to the ground. Following this interaction, the suspect frequently cursed at the officer. A female officer was called for

Police brutality is one of the most serious and divisive human rights violations in the United States and it occurs in every community. The job of a police officer is to maintain public order, prevent, and detect crime. They are engaged in a dangerous and stressful occupation that can involve violent situations that must be controlled. In many of these confrontations with the public it may become necessary for the police to administer force to take control of a situation. Sometimes this force takes the form of hand to hand combat with a suspect who resists being arrested. Not all police officers in communities are good cops. At least once a year the news is covering a story about a person

After watching the news this Summer, I began to notice a common theme. It began to seem like every week there was a case, where a police officer was involved in the fatal shooting of a black male. It became unclear to me whether these specific police officers, whose duty is to serve and protect us are being affected by racial bias, or is the training they are receiving inefficient training. I believe our justice systems needs to be looked at and revised because the

"Relations between the police and minority groups are a continuing problem in many multiracial societies. Surveys consistently document racial differences in perceptions of the police, with minorities more likely than whites to harbor negative views." (Weitzer and Tuch, Race and Perceptions of Police Misconduct, 2004)

Even in laws there’s are bias towards people of color, such as example against the usage of drugs. African Americans are more likely to be arrested for drug charges than their counter part middle-class White males’, even if the drug charges offends are the same (or some cases even higher offense than black males). In addition, there even police forces that have engaged in higher usage of drugs, such as crack, yet they are not charged against the law due to their status and authority as a police officer. That is enough evidence that there are hardly any accountability in the police forces. When there are not much accountabilities and consequences, this allows a police officer to abuse their power and potentially act among injustice actions towards

Although racial profiling will never be eradicated due to personal views and beliefs there are way to help officers not become part of the problem. Racial profiling by police officers can be reduced if there are repercussions for actions and adequate training. Setting aside personnel feelings when coming into work will help to minimize racial profiling and legal troubles an officer can get into if they are caught doing so. Officers who take an oath to uphold the law are judged by their integrity by everyone they come into contact with. According to Gottschalk (2010), “police integrity is a number of concepts and beliefs that in combination provide a structure and a culture within which police officers are characterized by honesty, honor, knowledge,

I understand police officers everywhere have their own lives on the line, every time they suit up to protect and enforce the law amongst the population. I do appreciate the risk they do to keep us safe from absolute chaos. However the authority these policemen have is mostly abused in one way or another, John Cassidy’s report in the NY Times article “ The Statistical Debate Behind The Stop-and-Frisk Verdict” provides statistical evidence that Black and Latino citizens are stopped a lot more frequently than White citizens. This is because racial profiling, this practice of racism should be ceased completely, especially with law enforcement. They are clearly directed towards minorities, which is a violation of the fourteenth amendment, which guarantees equal protection under the law.

Law enforcement officers are human, and they do their best to hide their true feelings when it comes down to race or

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

Comey, on the topic of “Law Enforcement and Race” stated that “something happens to people in law enforcement” (Comey, 2015). Comey states that it is a “hard truth”, but the truth. Comey believes that many law enforcement officers develop cynicism, it is one that officers may work hard to resist because they are what he calls “lazy mental shortcuts” (Comey, 2015). These shortcuts can include something along the lines of an officer believing that everyone he or she speaks to about any law enforcement issue is lying and that no one is honest. This type of cynicism is what makes communities feel targeted and racially profiled. It is also true that many law enforcement officers patrol in areas of minorities where there is an unequal percentage of street crime committed by minorities compared to majorities, primarily young men of color. The contact police have, involving use of force with young men of color, can easily influence their working environment creating mental shortcuts. These shortcuts almost become impossible to ignore because of the number of encounters that occur between police and colored men. From this point on, it is easy for an officer to accept the worst from a group of colored men on the street opposed to a group of white men on the street. Just because the number of colored arrests is larger than those of whites does not mean that a law enforcement officer disregards the fact that whites can also

2. Every police officer must understand the line between prejudice and discrimination, whether in law enforcement agencies toward their co-workers or citizens. Without eliminating the prejudice in the law enforcement agency it can turns into racism and discrimination. A law enforcement agency cannot expect to treat multicultural population fairly if the officers in that agency are

Hello Sarah, great post. I agree with you that law enforcement agencies must follow certain protocol with strict rules that standard for everyone. This is because over the years, these procedures are put in place because after many years of researching individual that best fit for law enforcement. Thus, police department have come to realize that officer must meet the necessary requirement to qualify for employment. An example is that extensive background check as well polygraph examination, education, and the ability for individual to able to pass a physical ability, and the minimum requirement is a must. Moreover, police officers are individual that are entrusted with a lot of responsibility so law enforcement agencies throughout the country

Let me be clear, I am in no way saying that we need to change our standards for allowing individuals into law enforcement. We have regulations set in place for the good of the people. Though other ethnicities are proven to dominate in the public sector, these individuals have gone through vigorous tests and training that prove that they are in physical and mental shape for duty. We should not lower our standards just so we can properly represent the citizens, instead we should understand that this misrepresentation does affect us; in this case knowledge is key. One reason why certain races dominate our police force is because we have socialize our society to believe that

Racial assortment in law-enforcement is important part in starting a positive reform against race wars. While trying to attract certain minorities it is essential to understand they might be reluctant because of the recent police brutality against minorities.