Difference Between Policing And Public Relations

In today’s society many people view people in law enforcement; in this case police officers are seen as bad people because of the actions they have taken in a certain situation. For example the cases involving Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, Sandra, Bland in Hempstead, Texas or Tony Robinson in Madison , Wisconsin. As an end result people of those communities became outraged and starting rioting or protesting or hold a grudge against the officer(s) who are involved with the case itself. Therefore police officer’s reputation is ruined and people, who do not like the police officer, believe they can’t be trusted. Which is correlated to the media, and I think the media make has definitely, in my

Our society shows how racism and police officers are a focal point within our country. In the United States, many police officers demonstrate racist qualities. Research states that many police officers are only patrolling around predominately African American neighborhoods. People agree that police officers are just sitting in areas where African Americans live instead of just sitting anywhere and waiting for any crimes. (Martin, Trayvon. Racial Profiling). Polices are just waiting for African Americans to make a mistake. Most Police Officers haven’t changed their ways on racism. “Diallo was gunned down by NYPD officers while trying to enter his apartment building. The officers had mistaken Diallo for a suspected rapist—who was also black’’ (Martin, Trayvon. Racial Profiling). NYPD killed an innocent man because he was African American and he looked like the guy they were looking for. Therefore, this just proves police officers have not changed their racist

policies that are currently in place to reduce tension between police officers and the minority groups that they serveLaw enforcement officers and the community have been disconnected. Violence and brutality of any kind, particularly at the hands of the police who here to protect and serve our communities. When Ferguson, Missouri exploded after the police shot an unarmed black teenager, the tension between the community and its protectors was laid bare. Ferguson is not the first and certainly not the last community forced to bridge that chasm. In South Carolina a policeman shot an unarmed black male who was stopped for a seat belt violation. The cop asked the male for ID, who then reached under his seat to retrieve his wallet, but was shot in the leg by the cop before he could take out his ID. When the body cam video was reviewed it shows that the trigger happy cop probably was in fear of his life, however it is also obvious that the cop shouldn’t have felt threaten as the behavior of the black male involved nothing unusual. Many would say if the driver was white the cop would have not reacted the way he did.

There are many types of racism in America that cause people to make accusations against law enforcement for discrimination. One type of racism is racial profiling. It is a strategy that encourages police officers to stop and question minorities only because of their race. It takes place in a variety of routine police encounters. Unmotivated searches occur everyday among the minority groups. Could you imagine waking up and being scared to walk outside your house because of the color of your skin? This is a fear of almost everyone belonging to a minority group. This continues to be a widespread problem throughout the country.

Law enforcement officers may also feel as if they are above the law, allowing personal bias and prejudices to guide their actions and who their actions target. Though the law does not facilitate around racial bias, “those enforcing the law are abusing their discretion by discriminating against individuals based on racial profiling” (Neubauer & Fradella, 2017). Racial profiling can be a result of formal, institutionalized rules within law enforcement agencies that may encourage racial profiling, whether they are aware of their actions or not. It is difficult to change such an action when it occurs worldwide, and most of the time it goes unnoticed or unreported. The criminal justice field needs to act against the practice of racial profiling and discrimination that occurs between law enforcement personnel and members of the community; a community that includes individuals who rely on the criminal justice field to serve and protect

Law enforcement officers anywhere should be motivated to improve their knowledge learned daily, stay true to themselves, master the tool belt, and just to have integrity in everyday life. One type of practice that is mentioned in the article used by police officers in “Is Racial Profiling a Necessary Police Practice?” is “stop-and-frisk” What this policy allows law enforcement officers to do is “stop, question, and physically search anyone whom they deem suspicious”. The law enforcement officers that use the stop-and-frisk policy are just trying to do their job effectively without causing any harm or violence to citizens who they think are up to no good; just like George Zimmerman caught Trayvon Martin in the act of doing for no reason. In particular, critics assert that “blacks and Latinos have been so disproportionately targeted by stop-and-frisk policing”. It’s all about the location of where these stop-and-frisk searches happen. If a law enforcement officer catches some black/Latino male or female in a particular area where he or she may not belong, the officer has a right to approach the black/Latino male or female and ask questions with no harm or violence done. Another aspect of this is the suspicion. Law enforcement officer love to stir the pot and want to know what is going on

Inefficient policing resulting from the high tensions between law enforcement and minority races has called the issue of racial profiling and corruption within the American justice system to national attention. Many citizens now demand an end to the improper treatment and wrongful deaths of people of color on the basis that all races should be treated equally by law enforcement officials.

Racism by police officers has always been an issue, but today is becoming a bigger issue. Police misconduct specifically has been a huge issue for black people pre-civil and post-civil rights act. Profiling by the officers against the average black person, more specifically black male from my perspective is becoming more evident as our lives are taken. The ACLU says “racial profiling refers to the practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual's race, ethnicity, religion or national origin.” For instance, Halloween 2010 my mother and I were on the way home from a normal school and work day. About eight minutes away from home my mom gets followed by a HPD car. She eventually was stopped by the officer and slowly pulled over her car. When walking up to her rolled down window he asked her where she was going and a couple more personal questions that

When thinking about racism, it feels like it is a thing of the past, but it’s not. There are numerous people who are racist in law enforcement and that is demonstrated through racial profiling. Racial profiling still exists today and unfortunately happens frequently. In 2013, an unarmed black male, Trayvon Martin, is shot and killed by an officer. In 2014, Michael Brown, who is also a black male is shot and killed by another officer. Also, many black and Hispanic people are racially profiled and stopped by the police for suspicion of drug possession. In Arizona officers stop people who look suspicious and ask to see if they have papers. Most people who are stopped have Hispanic features or are heard speaking Spanish. This results in Hispanic people being unreasonably stopped. Racial profiling has not significantly evolved since the civil rights movement and it is crucial that minorities take action.

This is a huge problem today because many black people are shot by cops and many people think the police force are racists. The police are earning a bad reputation in the USA but sometimes it is not all the police fault. Sometimes, the people that the police shot maybe doing something wrong and the police isn't able to control them and they accidentally shoot them.

Police brutality is an ongoing problem in the United States. Law enforcement agents are there to protect the public for they have the legal right to use physical, and even deadly, force. However, many of these officers abuse of that power. In the past year, there have been more than 900 cases of police abuse. Most of the victims have been innocent, unarmed, and/or of color. Police brutality is becoming more and more of an issue as society keeps growing. This nationwide problem could be solved in many ways, but having peaceful protests and by educating our police officers about racial differences are two good possible solutions.

Police officers are given a lot of discretionary power that they would use to enforce the laws as they are implied or use their discretion to not enforce the law, but give a warning when necessary. This discretion has called into question their use of force. The media has displayed officers involved in use of force situation that seems unprovoked and again people of African American decent. For instance on September 4, 2014 a South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper stopped a vehicle for allegedly not having on a seatbelt. The individual was stop in a gas station and step outside his vehicle, then officer Sean Groubert asked for his license, the individual turned quickly into his vehicle to retrieve his license, officer Groubert yelled "Get

Racial discrimination, aggression, and police brutality have been an ongoing issue in the U.S, It was present in the past and continues to be a problem to this day, peaceful protests are turing into murder scenes children are being taught to fear cops instead of trust them people are afraid to leave their home. There is an obvious underlying issue causing innocent lives on both sides to be lost.

Law enforcement has become a hot topic on everyone's radar because of the shootings have that taken place around the world involving a caucasian male police officer and an unarmed african american male, unnecessary force exerted and racial profiling. Our country has become angered because of the wrongdoings of the people who are suppose to protect our communities. The people of this nation are losing all hope for America because they feel the law can not be trusted. They have started an outcry for help by rioting, lawsuits and even taking it as far as killing police officers. The issue of police misconduct has become so big that it is not only that particular police departments fixings it has become the duty of the federal government to fix.

There is a long history of racially motivated abuse in the United States, but has it translated in the form of law enforcement? There are countless reports and allegations of racial profiling, excessive force, illegal searches and seizures, and entrapment, perpetrated by police officers on a daily basis. In recent years, much due to the prevalence of smartphones, these situations have been well documented and after a continuing string of very publicized police shootings of unarmed Black people, many assert that the entire law enforcement system is inherently racist. Arguably, the murder of Trayvon Martin in 2012 sparked the recent backlash and protests though it wasn't specifically law enforcement, but the infamous “Stand Your Ground” law, that resulted in his murderer, George Zimmerman, going free and similar laws that are responsible for officers that use excessive force going unpenalized. In response organizations like Black Lives Matter have emerged and are challenging the system and demanding policy change. Yet there are still those who claim that the system itself is not rigged, but rather its people hyper-focusing on “isolated incidents” and that it is not the systems fault that certain kinds of people are more prone to crime and violence. I have read three pieces of writing that all pinpoint specific reasons and evidence to prove whether or not systemic racism exists in law enforcement in the United States and why.