Unethical Policing Practices

Prince George’s County, Maryland, a suburb of Washington D.C., Provides a study on if police are actually racist, the county’s experience suggest that racism is deeply structured of policing, and isn’t going to change

In the PBS Frontline documentary, Policing the Police, the Newark Police Department are under investigation for violating citizens of their constitutional rights when being stopped and searched. Newark is one of the most dangerous cities in the United States, so the police feel as though they have to be aggressive and suspicious of certain people. Others like Jelani Cobb, a writer and historian, feel like there is another way to police the community without violating their rights. A lot of people want safe to have a safe community, but how can they feel safe if they can’t even trust their own police department. The mayor of Newark and his team are destined to make this change. So, Jelani Cobb decides to tag along with some of the Newark police to help investigate.

After reading all the material regarding Jeffery Bell, Darryl Forrest and Dustin Sillings all 3 whom were members of the Kansas City Police special unit known as (SCORE) Selective, Crime, Occurrence, Reduction Enforcement unit. I came up with several unethical behaviors throughout the course of the year from January 2010 to January 2011. One, all 3 officers violated the victims constitutional rights. Rights that were taken away were the freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures and not to have their property taken without due process under the law. (The Criminal Indictment: United States of America v. Jeffrey M. Bell, Darryl M. Forrest, and Dustin Sillings) Each officer took it upon themselves to steal various items including money from

Christian Parenti, an American investigative journalist stated in 1997 “ police violence is soaring”, during the “Zero tolerance” era. In 1994, Bill Clinton created the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement act. This act aimed enabled police officers to use the “ stop and frisk method”. This act provided funding for local police officers and drug courts. As a result, many Blacks and Latino’s were charged with minor offenses. This law has been said to be the cause of high incarceration rates in many cities all over America. Another example of police brutality in Baltimore would be the McGee case of 1980. A detective that was off-duty proceeded to shoot and injure a 17-year-old black youth. Police Brutality has been seen in other cities across America. Such cases as the Trayvon Martin and Fidel Castro case have brought to light this prevalent issue.

“Officer Jeronimo Yanez, charged with second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Philando Castile, a 32-year-old black Minneapolis man” (Capecchi). “Brian Encinia, former Texas trooper charged with misdemeanor perjury stemming from his arrest of Sandra Bland, a black woman who was later found dead in a county jail” (Almasy). “Sgt. Kizzy Adonis, charged with failure to supervise in connection with the 2014 death of Eric Garner, a 43-year-old black Staten Island man who died after police to administered a controversial choke hold” (Eversley). These are a few examples of the mistreatment suffered by young black citizens at the hands of police officers that resulted in the death of a suspect. Throughout the nation, the mishandling of the authority given to police officers has increased and is not merely coincidentally occurring.

Police officers are given a lot of power because it is needed to help protect citizens and the community. However, police often abuse their power by the over use of force, corruption, sexual misconduct, bias based policing, and failure to maintain police ethics. (Peak, 2011)

The riots in Baltimore are the result of Freddie Gray, a young man, who was a local Baltimore resident, and also a minority was pronounced dead after being taken into police custody. Instead of releasing information to the public on the reason for Gray’s death, the bureaucracy of the local police and city officials released the

During the investigation over the course of approximately one hundred days, officials interviewed everyone associated with the department, the mayor, citizens, court staff, etc. In addition to the oral interviews, emails, records, and other forms of data were thoroughly reviewed. In an attempt to summarize the many issues associated with the Ferguson Police Department, controversial concerns fell under the topics of unconstitutional police practices and the community’s lack of trust towards the

In this article Rebecca R. Ruiz a reporter from The New York Times as well as a Cornell graduate who has a lot of experience in writing about corruption in the world getting herself a George Polk award for work, explains how two policemen Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II are responsible for the death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and got away with it with the help of Donald Trump's administration. Ruiz shed light on other recent murders of black americans such as Michael Brown, 15 year old Jordan Edwards and Tamir Rice to give evidence of police killings in the last couple of years. She states how the police rarely face repercussions “The bar for charging police officers with federal civil rights violations is extremely high,

im pretty sure we 've all heard of the freddy grey case in baltimore. if you haven 't freddie grey was a victim of alleged police brutality which lead to his death in police custody, it sparked nationwide outrage and protests.This outrage mainly exists because the officers who could say what happened are protected by a Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights, which limits and delays questioning police about potential misconduct. In discussion of Baltimore and Bolstering a Police Officers’ Right to Remain Silent,we will analyze facts and opinions from three people in the nytimes/room for debate section who gave their opinion on this matter..

The United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division published a report entitled the “Investigation for the Baltimore City Policy Department” on August 10, 2016, based on suspicions that the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) engages in practices that violate federal anti-discrimination laws, the First Amendment, and Fourth Amendment. According to the report, the Baltimore Police Department is guilty of making stops, searches, and arrests without having probable cause, especially against African Americans. African Americans are also unlawfully subject to uses of excessive force and harsh retaliation by police for constitutionally-protected expression. Furthermore, because the Baltimore Police Department has a multitude of system deficiencies,

There are many challenges facing the police executives in the 21st century, such as civil disorder and criminal prosecution of officers. In recent years there have been quite a few civil disorders. A civil disorder is a situation in which some citizens behave in a way that threatens the wellbeing of other citizens or the peace of a community (Cambridge Dictionaries, 2016). In the past seven years there has been a quite a few civil disorders in the United States, such as the 2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, the 2014 protest in Ferguson, Missouri, and the protests in New York, New York and Berkeley California after a grand jury did not indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner. Due to the causes of some of these protests, the public have a distrust and lack of confidence in the law and the legal system (Tyler, 2013). As a police executive, one would have to make decisions in hopes not only to not cause

The main conclusion from this article is that the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) is unconstitutional in its policing. The cases utilized are incidences in the City of Baltimore and the Baltimore City Police Department. The methodology consisted of interviewing various actors within the City of Baltimore and the BPD. The researchers also participated in ride-alongs and heard from people in the wider Baltimore community. Many documents were also reviewed. This source contributes to the debate in that it is like the Macpherson report in its critique of the police and their practices. This source helps me refine my question by making me look at the police department culture of whichever cases I will eventually investigate.

Law enforcement has a standard that they are required to maintain at all test no mater the circumstances. It is completely unconstitutional for law enforcement to violate the rights of anyone. The job of law enforcement is to enforce laws that are set by the constitution and the state they are employed with. Once law enforcement begins to violate the civil liberty of citizens, it creates a wedge between law enforcement and the communities they serve. In our society law enforcement is the pillar that enforces law and if they started operating on their own accord, and interpret law as they deem fit, it will destroy our democratic process. We are a country that believes in our constitutional liberties and there is nothing that makes it ethically

The term paper attempts to examine the problem of Police Corruption. Police force is the only body in the society who are given authority to use the force towards citizens, any malpractice in the police