Chokehold

fatally shot by Officer Darren Wilson on August 9, 2014. In Staten Island, New York, Garner, a forty three year old African American male, died at the hands of New York Police Department officers Daniel Pantaleo and Justin Damico from an apparent chokehold on July 17, 2014. Although it took several months for the juries to reach verdicts in each respective case, all law enforcement personnel involved in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner received the same outcome of no indictment. The message

illegal cigarettes. Garner kept denying the accusations that he was selling illegal cigarettes. When officers finally went into arrest him, he simply said for officers not to touch him, Thats when one officer from behind puts Garner in the chokehold. A chokehold which NYPD has made illegal. This practice has been banned for years, The officer then got on top of

demonstrators and journalists. Early in the summer of 2015, cell phone video footage of NYPD officers in Staten Island, NY placing a man in a fatal and illegal chokehold surfaced. According to officers, 43-year old Eric Garner was selling illegal cigarettes and resisting arrest. Medical examiners ruled Eric Garner’s death a homicide, based on the chokehold and health related causes, because he was asthmatic. In the cell phone video footage released, Eric Garner can be heard yelling and gasping, multiple times

Police brutality is the use of any force exceeding that reasonably necessary to accomplish a lawful police purpose ( Police Brutality). There has been some serious human rights violated by officers in the world today. Mainly focusing on African Americans and their perspective, there has been severe beatings, fatal chokings, and shootings and none have been justified. Most cases do not get reported or are left to be forgotten. Families all throughout the united states suffer each and every day

100 Peachtree St. NW #1902 Atlanta, GA (404) 659-0116 Dear John Lewis, According to CNN, President Obama signed a law that makes it a federal crime to assault an individual because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity. I’m sure you are aware of all the killings and attacks on African Americans by police. It has mostly occurred between African American males and white officers. I do not find this as a coincidence. I mark these killings and attacks under hate crimes. Hate crimes are

Over the past few years, the citizens of the Unites States have been witnesses of many cases of police brutality. Police officers are faced with a lot of threatening situations every day. And sadly, the police have to rely on their instincts and hope for the best. They have the power to take anyone’s civil rights away and possibly even their own life. You must have responsibility in order to retain that kind of power. Much less, that much power. The use of excessive force may or may not be a big

role in the escalation, leading up to the confrontation at Sal’s Famous Pizzeria that ends in violence, death and destruction. A fire breaks out at Sal's, which necessitates police intervention. The police grab Radio Raheem and kill him using the chokehold. Despite the rising pressures by their community to partake in the vandalism and violence, both Da Mayor and Mookie managed to do the right thing after Raheem's death. Lee presents varying shades of right and wrong within the film. By analyzing each

Police Brutality Imagine you are a mother of a 12 year old kid who you let go to the park by themselves. A few hours later, you get a call or a knock on your door saying your child was killed by a police officer. What was their crime? Minding their own business playing with a toy water gun. That is what happened to Tamir Rice, a 12 year old little boy, who was playing the park by himself. The police were called by a person at the park who thought he was playing with a real gun but the person stated

Looking through the history and development of human beings when people face problems, they would like to solve them. There were many ways of solving problems, people would either kill each other to reach a goal or do trades with each other. Later， there were different levels between people, the way of people who don’t many right started to use movements to solve the problem. It is all about causing and solving problem. To discuss about this, I would like to use some modern examples to show more

Acts of unnecessary force or acts have led to wrongful sentences and sometimes death. Police jobs are to protect and serve for the safety of the citizens and properties of the people of the United States of America. Police brutality has changed the views of many Americans outlook of the job and duties of a police officer as well as the secure of safety. Police brutality is a crisis in the U.S in which Riots, Protest, took place to put a stop to police brutality and targeting African American communities