Chokehold

Police Brutality in America Throughout the past few years, police brutality has been something brought to many people's attention. We've seen videos through various social media platforms, heard stories about it and unfortunately many people of color have experienced it. Implicit bias is a stereotype that changes the way you interact or view someone. Implicit bias are unconscious thoughts that we can't change. Aft.org compared it to driving a car, when you come to a stop light that's red, you stop

Police brutality continues to be one of the most serious and contentious violations of human rights in the United States. The unreasonable amount of force used by police officers prevails because of a lack of accountability. This makes it feasible for officers who do violate human rights to get off clean and recommit the violation. A sad fact is that police and/or public officials deny time after time any claims of human rights violations, claiming it was an abnormality, when they should be taking

Broken windows policing is more of an emphasis on physical and social disorder which produces more serious crime. The increase of physical and social disorder causes an increase of fear and withdrawal in the residents. During this time, there is a decreased social control which allows the more serious crime to occur. Due to the inactivity of social control, crime occurs more often which allows police to predict the crime and when it occurs. Some examples of broken windows policing strategies are

store for allegedly selling cigarettes. Garner raised both hands in the air and asked officers not to shoot him. Seconds later, Officer Daniel Pantaleo grabbed the 350-pound Garner in a chokehold, pulling him to the sidewalk and rolling him onto his stomach. The New York Police Department prohibits the use of chokeholds.

Over the past decade, police brutality has covered major headlines because officers have acted out in ways that have made citizens question their motives. Things such as unjustified shootings, deadly chokings, and rough treatment have all added to the constant problem of police brutality in the black community. Annoyingly, the police officers responsible for the killings and abuse are not held for long before they are discharged to their normal routines. Since many people believe that the issues

For the past couple years there has been so many incidents involving some sort of police brutality. The mainstream media has shown police misconduct, case after case it has become a routine and making people wonder if our officers of the law really doing their jobs? Unjustified shooting, and fatal choking’s have all contributed to the problem of police brutality in America and also has become very controversial. The police carry an enormous burden each day, which makes their job really hard. Police

As for our last case another African American male and Caucasian police officer were involved. Black male Eric Garner was supposedly confronted for selling cigarettes on the street, one of the officers Daniel Pantaleo who had Eric in a chokehold which caused the death of him. This took place on July 17th, 2014 in Staten Island, New York City. Within the department I was surprised on female African American NYPD Sargent Kissy Adoni on how she did not intervene. As a result of Garner 's death, Police

Police officers are expected to serve and protect the people of the United States, however, in many cases police officers have abused their power and force. Police brutality has always been an issue in the United States, especially in the 60’s, where African Americans were not treated equally. A number of laws have been passed since then that protect every American from discrimination and racial profiling, but there are still cases of racial profiling by the police that seem to occur every year.

that stands out to me; it is the Eric Garner Case. “Eric Garner was approached by New York Police for allegedly selling black market cigarettes. As part of the effort to handcuff and arrest Garner, an officer named Daniel Pantaleo places him in a chokehold. Garner was brought to the ground, where he repeatedly told the officers, “I can 't breathe”. He later died. The advertisement consisted of an African American father and his daughter. The father bought a cell phone for his teenage daughter (which

Pantaleo have made the same allegation once before, and he had then proven he was innocent. One police officer tries to handcuff Garner, and Garner pulls his arms away. He is then placed in a chokehold, and surrounded by multiple officers. When Garner was placed on the ground, he was put out of the chokehold and had his faced then pressed to the ground. Eric Garner said the phrase “I can’t breathe” a total of eleven times before he died, without any officer doing anything about it. Eric Garner was