Police Brutality Of Police Officers

90 percent of the homicides are not occurring due to police officers. 90 percent are occurring due to other African Americans. Police officers do not even take up 5% of the chart. That is excluding the cases where they did so to protect those around them and themselves. Most of the cases of African Americans being killed by the police were justified and were not their fault. Media outlets have wrongfully manipulated facts in order to please communities to show their cause is right when in fact it is wrong. Police on black shootings are not an issue that should be focused on in such a severe case, black on black crime should be. Especially when most homicides committed towards African Americans are done by other African

Police shootings of African Americans have become frequent events in the US. This racist justice system poses a threat to all African Americans, but also to our society in general, and it's time we do something about it.

“Despite making up only 2% of the total US population, African American males between the ages of 15 and 34 comprised more than 15% of all deaths logged this year by an ongoing investigation into the use of deadly force by police. Their rate of police-involved deaths was five times higher than for white men of the same age…”(Swaine et al, 2015; para. 2).

NAACP (The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) reported in Oakland, California that from 2004-2008 37 out of 48 shootings by Officers, were African American (Lee). With weapons not found in almost half the cases (Lee). Of course, no Officers were charged. If there is so many African Americans being shot when more than half of them don’t have weapons, then Officers should be indicted for using such poor judgement and taking things too far. There is many other alternatives that Officers could use but instead they jump to their most deadly weapon. The NYPD reported that more African Americans have been shot between 2000 and 2011 than Hispanics and Whites (Lee). In New York, African Americans are usually the ones who are targeted by Police. Well, anywhere really because African Americans come as a threat to them and Officers automatically think they are up to no good. There has been at least 16 cities which have been investigated for police abuse (Lee). Although there is way more cities that have to be looked into. Each year between 2006 and 2012 there was on average 96 cases of a white police officer killing an African American (Lee). It’s really sad hearing about all these shootings but it’s something you get used to since it happens so

Police killed at least 308 african american people in the U.S. in 2016. Where are the other ethnic groups? Most people will assume that police are only brutal towards african american people when truly that is not the case. There have been other occurrences of this with whites, Asians, Latinos, etc, but media never focuses on that. People think this can be solved if police wear body cameras, but there is always the possibility of someone editing the video or the officer being at a weird angle and missing something important. Media is helpful in spreading awareness of police violence but, we never know what truly happened because of bias media changing stories and making reality seem worse than it really is.

Most of the deaths occurred in California. Black African Americans are also more than three times as likely to be murdered by police then white people according to the statistics. Black people were killed 3.28 more times than whites & 2.28 more times than any other race. The criminal justice system is racist and it’s slowly coming to light. The police causing these incidents aren’t even being charged for the murders in which they have caused. 257 cases with officers has been ruled as a accident or justified.

Deadly excessive force used by police that has led to death is not some new hot topic on some television show; it is an issue within the Black communities that has spread rampantly. Civilians don’t have the trust that they should in law enforcement due to their belief that a police officer may shoot and kill them during contact. Excessive force in the form of shooting continues to be a nationwide problem that has spiraled out of control having a domino effect across the entire country. Reform measures include transparency in reporting practices as there is a lack of necessary transparent data that provides consistent data proving the prevalence of police related killings in our society. This leaves room for commentators and legislators to

In an overview by the Conduct of Law Enforcement Agencies, they have done dozens of investigations nationwide. Their results include: “increased transparency and data collection, community-police partnerships, steps to prevent discriminatory policing, independent oversight, improved investigation and review of uses of force, more effective training and supervision of officers” (COLEA). Although this type of progress is seen, opponents like to recognize and highlight such research done by the Bureau of Justice Statistics that most crimes are committed by African-Americans. But they must understand that police officers are required and expected to submit themselves to a higher standard than the rest of society. The rules enforced by the Federal Government for police misuse of lethal force, on a bias standpoint, towards African-Americans helps police realize the reality of their

Police brutality numbers have risen over the years. In the U.S. alone police have fatally shot more than 575 people who were

Hundreds of African American men and women are killed by police almost each and every year across the United States. No one really knows the exact number of deaths occurs by the police because” the United States does not count how many lives are lost” (mapping…). The use of lethal force by police officers raises serious right concerns, the united states has a legal obligation to protect, provide security, and respect the right of freedom, of human in the society no matter their race rather if they are black, white, Hispanic. Their genders, whether they are males or females, sexual orientation, and religion. People should feel protected when they see a police officer driving around their neighborhood they should feel protected instead of feeling

Police officers gives people of other ethnic minorities to discriminatory treatment, unlawfully applied physical force, and racist statements. Every case of police brutality, mostly against African-Americans, are covered in the media to further support the beliefs of abuse and racial discrimination by the law enforcement. Police have brutalized African- Americans, Latino, and other ethnic minorities as a way of consolidating and advancing white supremacy. People who are African-American/Black are twice as likely to be killed by a police officer while being unarmed compared to a Caucasian/White individual. (The Guardian). In 2015, there were 1,307 people who lost their lives at the hands of a police officer or law enforcement official. In 2016, that number was 1,152. Although lower, both years are still higher than the 1,149 people who were killed by police in 2014. (Fatal Encounters/Mapping Police Violence).

This past week across the United States, racial tensions erupted between black citizens and police. Earlier in the week, two black suspects were shot and killed by police in separate incidents that occurred in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Social injustice and racial profiling continues to be a part of the African American community. There were 1152 people killed by police in 2015, 30% of victims were black, only 13% of the US is black and 97% of deaths were not followed by any charges against police officers (mappingpoliceviloence.org, US Census Bureau). These

The evolution of law enforcement’s use of excessive and deadly force against black males ‘dates back to the 1800’s during the segregation era involving social and inequality issues. In 2010, the National Police Misconduct Reporting Project (NPMRP) reported that nationwide from December through January of 2010, there were approximately 4,681 recorded reports of police misconduct that resulted in 6,286 alleged victims who experienced some form of deadly force by the police, resulting in a debt of $346, 512, 800.00 being spent on misconduct-related civil judgments, settlements, sealed settlements, court costs, and attorney fees. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics Arrest-Related Deaths during 2003-2009 within the following states had the highest arrest-related deaths New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington. The states with the lowest arrest-related deaths of black males are: Arkansas, Vermont, Alaska, Wyoming, Hawaii, Idaho, Mississippi, North Dakota, New Hampshire, There is no information provided on a statewide level that provides details of

Police use of force in America has been and still is a major area of concern to the American public. The media seemingly never runs out of stories and cases to push into the mainstream for the public to watch and develop more concern for this area of law enforcement. Furthermore, there is a portion of the population who believe that the use of force by law enforcement is disproportionately used on minorities more specifically the African American community (Kolhatkar, 2017). However, is this use of force epidemic a reality in both of these cases? Another use of force issue is the use of lethal force by law enforcement officers. Again the argument seen in the media and social media is often that there is a large portion of lethal force that is used on minorities as compared to Caucasian individuals (Lowery, 2016). Additionally, that the use of lethal force should be avoided and in other cases being used in excess (The Guardian, 2017). Current research in the field of police use of force and police use of lethal force in relationship towards race is going to be reviewed in order to show a broader picture that is more representative of the real issues.