Research Paper On Police Brutality

2. When the police kill unarmed citizens, the officer is often not charged but cities across the nation pay hundreds of millions of dollars to settle these cases with the families of the victims. Why do cities consistently pay this money? What does the Bill of Rights have to say about police brutality? https://www.thenation.com/article/chicago-has-spent-half-a-billion-dollars-on-police-brutality-cases-and-its-impoverishing-the-victims-communities/

These two controversial cases were added to the national debate that was already going on over police brutality due to the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York. Every year in the United States many African-Americans are killed by police due to the lack of information that the officers receive prior to arriving to the scene, the amount of time the suspects are given to cooperate, along with race discrimination that still occurs today.

The police was arresting a overweight African American. While they were arresting him he had a asthma attack but while the man was trying to grab for his inhaler while he was trying to show the officers that he couldn’t threw him on the ground and forced him to put his hands behind his back, and in the mix of all that he died of a asthma attack. In America today there is a problem with police brutality, there are a lot of cases were the police beats or either kills the victim in minor events, also.

It is pretty evident that America has a problem and it is centered around the police. Police brutality has been going on for years but the advancements in technology helped shine light in the issue sand was suppose to furthermore help combat it. Yet there seems to be little benefits to the introductions of body cameras. Police officers are supposed to wear these devices and record interactions they have in order to help bridge the gap of suspicion between what the officers says and what really happens. The idea wa smet with speculation but the government has invested millions in taxpayers money to get the technology up and running. The current issue now is that officers are not activating them or simply turning the off during altercations.

Police and Law enforcement have been protecting the public for a long time. Especially in the United States of America, "first American police department was established in Boston in 1838" (Nodjimbadem 3). Since the first establishment of a police department to enforce law and order in the United States things have changes over time. This change over time can allow people, ideas and other things good or bad to enter which could lead to excessive and violent force or appropriate and pleasant force dealing with Police Brutality. The idea of Police Brutality stems from the brutal policing victims received.

According to an article in the NY Times, and CNN News, one officer used an illegal chokehold to restrain Eric causing his death and a video was shown as evidence. The video shows that during the chokehold Eric was saying“I can't breathe”. The officer should have let him go so that he could breathe and he wouldn't have died. Things like this can't happen in this country. Even though there was a video showing the altercation happen, it still didn't matter and the officer was found not guilty. The question now becomes what needs to happen for this issue to

involved. This creates a predator to prey relationship where the police is the predator and attacks

The topic that I am proposing is police brutality. Are police officers committing police brutality or are they just doing their job? We as a community are hearing more and more about police brutality in the United States. It is really common to see on the news or social media videos of police brutally beating individuals that seem not to resist arrest or even with their hands up in the air as a sign of surrender. My intended audiences are, communities, and police departments. Communities need to understand why this is happening and if there is going to be any change. On the other hand, police departments need to not more a blind eye any more when these situations occur and start disciplining the officers. I am a true believer of

One day a boy named Tyrone and his father were on there way to Six Flags when they were pulled over by a police officer. The cop walked up to the vehicle and Tyrone’s dad asked the officer why he was pulled over. Then the cop asked Blue, Tyrone 's dad, to step out the car so he stepped out the car and the officer searched him. After that Blue tried to take off his jacket but the officer thought he had a gun and pulled out his weapon and shot Blue in his face in front of his 10 year old son. Blue was rushed to the hospital he was in critical condition, Blue died later that night. Police shouldn’t be able to get away with police brutality because officers are responsible

Recent Surveys have shown that police brutality typically occurs in areas that are predominately African American and that have police departments that are composed of non-minority Officer. For Example in Ferguson Missouri there is a population of approximately blank. Minorities account for only about 5.6% of the population. White American citizens only made up blank percent. The demographics of Ferguson’s Police Department show that white Officer outnumbered African American officers 51 to 3.

Police brutality has been an issue for many years; it remains a major concern for those of the minorities. Police brutality is defined as the use of any force that is not reasonably necessary to accomplish a lawful police purpose (Fritz 2003). There are four main causes that contribute to the police brutality towards African Americans; those of which include racial bias, faulty police recruitment, and an authoritarian mindset.

Eric Garner who was murdered by a NYPD officer using excessive force by forcing Eric into an illegal chokehold. All of this brutality was caught on camera by a man who lived near the scene which shows that “Garner said the words “I can’t breathe” several times before he stopped talking.” (Duncan) Garner never received CPR by EMS or police officers. “[T]he person shooting the video ask[ed] why Garner never received CPR. “Cause he’s breathing” an officer responds.” (Duncan) Garner died later in the hospital due to his injuries from the chokehold. Even though a chokehold is illegal in New York, the officer did not have reason to use this excessive force, and Garner died from the officers’ actions, the officer was not charged with anything. This is only one example of the police getting away with murder just because of their

“To protect and to serve.” This has been the motto and duty of law enforcement agencies since their creation. The earliest police forces were established in England during the early 1800’s. These law enforcement agencies were established in order to help the people. However, not long after the first one was established, the first known case of police brutality was documented. Excessive use of force by a police officer dates back to the late 1800’s. Since then, thousands of innocent people have been improperly and cruelly treated by law enforcement officers. The United States has one of the highest rates of police brutality in the world. Though

Police brutality is one of the most serious and divisive human rights violations in the United States and it occurs in every community. The job of a police officer is to maintain public order, prevent, and detect crime. They are engaged in a dangerous and stressful occupation that can involve violent situations that must be controlled. In many of these confrontations with the public it may become necessary for the police to administer force to take control of a situation. Sometimes this force takes the form of hand to hand combat with a suspect who resists being arrested. Not all police officers in communities are good cops. At least once a year the news is covering a story about a person

Excessive force and police brutality have become common terms for anyone keeping up with today’s current events. In 2014, the media covered numerous cases of excessive force that resulted in the deaths of several people of color (Nelson & Staff, 2014). The most widely covered cases by the media in 2014 were of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black male shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri; and Eric Garner, a 43-year-old black male in Staten Island, New York who was put into a choke by police officer Daniel Pantaleo until he lost consciousness and stopped breathing (Nelson & Staff, 2014). These cases brought attention to the seriousness of police brutality and the curiosity of how often it occurs (Brown, 2015).