Essay On Police Brutality

Police brutality and racism are real issues going on in America. There have been numerous articles and reports, regarding this topic. The article “Body Cameras Won’t Stop Police Brutality. Eric Garner is only one of Several Reasons Why” by Hansford Justin explains how body cameras do not stop the police from being violent. A second article “8 Horrible Truths About Police Brutality and Racism in America Laid Bare by Ferguson” by Rosenfeld Steven focuses on facts, quotes, and trends about abusive policing. There are a wide variety of articles out there about issues of police brutality and racism. The two I choose was very informative, stated facts, purposes, and supporting details to help the readers understand the harsh reality on what’s happening in the police force.

Police brutality is the lavish physical assault or verbal assault during police procedures which can involve interrogating or apprehending a suspect. Police brutality originated from the labor worker strikes in the 1800’s through the 1900’s. The violent brutal act of these officers usually formed around the lower socioeconomic class. Since then police brutality has hit an all-time high in the 21st century. In New York alone there has been reportedly over 72 police brutality reports some reports even ended in the deaf of a citizen. There’s been claim of police officers violently choking citizens at traffics stops and beating citizen up in public. There’s been new technology such as body cameras which are used by most police but not all.

Police brutality and police militarization have become a hot topic in the United States of America. There are many cases where police officers motives are being questioned, leading the public into an uproar. Just to name a few of these cases, we have Micheal Brown from Fegurson, Missouri, that started it all, which took place on Augest 19th, 2014. We also have Eric Garner from New York, taking place July of 2014. July of 2016, Alton Sterling of Baton Rouge and Walter Scott from South Carolina in April of 2015.

I believed that the common people should be allowed to hold arms and ammunition. I once said, the working class must be armed and organized. That in any case of attempting to disarm the working class it must be by force. Therefore, I believe that the government should not enforce the working class to disarm themselves of their weapons. Once the bourgeois outlaw all guns, it will be the horizon of a revolution. In which the state will endeavor to control the revolt by outlawing gun possession to oppress the revolt.

Police brutality is one of multiple forms of racial discrimination which involves unjustifiable violence by police officers. This term was first referred to in the works of the American press as early as 1872 in a report of a policeman beating of a civilian. These targeted civilian groups by police officers typically are those from powerless groups like minorities (Latinos and African-Americans), the youth, as well as the poor. There has been a notable lack of commitment in the criminal justice system or towards holding police accountable for their wrongdoings. Police brutality is an ongoing problematic issue in the U.S. today with police officers using excessive force that needs to be addressed immediately before more lives are lost and

different people, groups, and institutions influence policy decisions. Police brutality is influenced by many, such as our American political ideals of civil rights and liberties, the political process in terms of the media and our political institutions, one which the courts.

Police brutality is wrong and it shouldn't have to happen but it does. It happens more to Blacks. In the article "Racism and Police Brutality in America," by Cassandra Chaney, she writes about how police officers are perceived as well as police brutality. She incorporates statistics on police from the National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project to support her claims as well as using them for evidence. To begin, police brutality is when a police officer uses 'excessive physical or verbal force," more than needed, as a way to intimidate someone. This has been happening in the last couple of years where police officers have used too much force on an individual. Chaney writes that according to some research done by some

"Relations between the police and minority groups are a continuing problem in many multiracial societies. Surveys consistently document racial differences in perceptions of the police, with minorities more likely than whites to harbor negative views." (Weitzer and Tuch, Race and Perceptions of Police Misconduct, 2004)

Police brutality is a repetitive issue throughout American history needing to be fixed. Not only is that playing a role into how the public perceives them but the media as well has a vast impact on how the public perceives them. What the media is doing to the image of the police force is negatively impacting their image. Example of this are seen time and time again to where the media only talks about the negative things that the police force does rather the positive. If the general public is constantly being told all of the negative things that the police force does, then the public will see them as a negative influence.

What is police brutality and why is it important right now? Police brutality is the use of excessive force carried out by a law enforcement official. Lately, various incidents of police brutality have surfaced in the news, but this is nothing new. Past incidents including the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri brought serious social issues to the frontlines. Michael Brown was an unarmed black teenager who was shot and killed by a white male. Other incidents include the death of Eric Garner. A man who was accused of selling individual cigarettes and later on died due to a chokehold, the officer who killed him was also white. These events have even led to vigilantism. One of the most recent incidents of retaliation took place in Dallas, Texas. Micah Johnson, a former soldier, opened fire at a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest and killed five Dallas police officers. He was quoted saying that he "wanted to kill white people, especially white officers". There is racial reconciliation between law enforcement and the black community. Although these are only a few incidents there a plenty more and there will be even more if something isn’t done about it. Cases such as these shed light on serious social issues we need to combat. This proposal review will discuss the rift between the police and community, how to improve community relations, how to improve departmental practices and procedures as well as how these can’t turn into effective solutions.

The United States of America has many horrible police officers. This has created a stereotype that all police officers are terrible. One of the main reasons police officers have been target lately is, because many innocent people are harassed by them daily. There are multiple ways to classify these police officers as horrible being, but police brutality, corruption, and how they handle violent protest are three of many classifications.

    Lately, there has been a lot news on police brutality. All the citizens hear about is the person that is supposedly the victim. Yet, till this day, I still have not heard the side from the police force. Media gets out faster than the facts. Media is no longer based on facts, but based off of opinions of others. We assume because a few police officers are corrupt, that all of them are. Most of them aren’t terrible. Their human just like we are. Some assume the people that are assaulted, because they just feel like it. There has to be a reason why that police officer attacked a certain someone.

According to Wihbey and Kille in their article “Excessive or reasonable force by police? Research on law enforcement and racial conflict.”, police brutality is a problem, and especially a problem for teenage colored boys. Young black males are actually twenty one times more likely to undergo police brutality by getting shot than a white male of the same age. Racial Profiling--people of color being more likely to be stopped by an officer--is also a growing problem with our society. Whether or not an officer will admit it, he/she--whether white or black--sees young black males as more suspicious due to the amount of street crime produced by this specific type of person. After years of working in conditions like that, an officer’s “good will” will be compromised.

An integral component to the infrastructure of government is law enforcement. In recent years, police abuse has come to the attention of the general public. While citizens worry about protecting themselves from criminals, it has now been shown that they must also keep a watchful eye on those who have been given the responsibility to protect and serve. This paper will discuss the types of police abuse prevalent today, including the use of firearms and recovery of private information. I will also discuss what and how citizens’ rights are violated by the police. We will also explore the measures necessary to protect ourselves from police taking advantage of their positions as law enforcement officers with greater permissive rights than

There is a widespread and persistent problem of police brutality across the United States. Thousands of individual complaints about police abuse are reported each year and local authorities pay out millions of dollars to victims in damages after lawsuits. Police officers have beaten and shot unresisting suspects; they have misused batons, chemical sprays, and electro-shock weapons; they have injured or killed people by placing them in dangerous restraint holds.