...Police Brutality Police brutality is a very important deal in the USA. Today, people around the US are faced with an uncertainty of what is to come when encountered by police officers. Police officers should be faced with the righteous penalty of justice when citizens are unlawfully brutalized. Including the fact they are responsible for protecting their citizens of the communities they serve. When a citizen is brutally attacked by an alleged officer, thorough investigation should be in place in order to protect the community. It is known that for some officers; choose to abuse the power and the authority of the law enforcement. Using excessive physical force is unnecessary, and in some cases overboard. Video cameras have become a common place both in squad cars, police stations, and camera phones. When stated upon or confronted, police officers should be held accountable, many...
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...“Police Brutality is out of hand” Police brutality is well known across hundreds of nations all over the world. Police brutality has been around for several centuries and has a very important meaning in the lives of many. The definition of police is the civil force of a national or local government, responsible for the prevention and detection of a crime and the maintenance of public order. Yet people have witnessed police taking advantage of their authority and not following the rules a policeman should follow. They are supposed to protect and keep trouble out of the cities. Police brutality needs to come to an end; this has always been a problem. They hurt people for no reason, arrest them when they haven't done anything wrong, and they get away with what they do. Police brutality...
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...The police are responsible for the safety of the city; it is their job. They need to keep the peace of the city and rid the city of evil-doers. Even though that is what the police must do, there are cases where they do the opposite. There are police who use force on civilians, shoot defenseless people and arrest innocent people. This is what is known as police brutality. There had been many prominent cases of police brutality in the past, but there are still traces of police brutality in the present. Some evidences of police brutality might be surreptitious and clandestine, but others are conspicuous and salient. Police brutality is still alive, and it must be stopped because it can hurt harmless people, ruin the police’s image and promote...
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...democracy and the ‘champion’ of human rights in the world. The United States of America is at a critical stage in its historical development poised between political regression and economic decomposition. The year 2014 was marred with a myriad of African-American shootings, incarceration of protesters and other deplorable acts of police brutality. It is my view in this paper that these incidences are much more profound and anchored in historical aspects the most astounding being racism and oppressive legislation proffered since the days of slavery and Black oppression. I will deliberately use the ‘Black and White’ epithet so as to traverse my arguments. The years in between the Occupy Wall...
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...After reading the article Political Lies About Police Brutality by the New York Times Editorial Board, I noticed that the article was heavily biased for African Americans and tries to make the point that police officers in the United States, in their quests to promote justice and fulfill their duties, are more likely to bring harm upon black citizens than white citizens. The author attempts to persuade readers in numerous ways that police are more likely to trouble black citizens than white citizens. One way the article accomplishes this is by stating that Gov. Chris Christie, a “desperate presidential candidate who is going nowhere fast”, believes that President Obama is promoting “lawlessness” and brutality against the police by advocating...
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...notable example of this type of reform would be the Civil Rights Movement that took place in the 1900s. This movement worked to fix the view of the African Americans in America; these people wished for equal rights and better lives. Years later in 2017 this perilous battle counties throughout America by the descants of those brave souls from the 1900s. Reports of police brutality against African Americans have sparked protest after protest for the lives lost to this senseless violence, and they’ve managed to make their voices as loud as the...
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...Police Brutality in America “An act of violence against any innocent person eludes moral justification, disgraces the millions of americans who have united peacefully protesting police brutality, and dishonors our proud inheritance of nonviolent resistance “ Benjamin Crump. Police brutality in america has become a major problem leading to riots, division, and protest everywhere. I often ask myself who is wrong in a situation; the people protesting and speaking up about police brutality,and breaking the law while doing so, or the police who continuously murder innocent people in cold blood while the government is just standing by doing nothing. To me it's a clear cut decision, the people protesting are right morally, and justifiably. Steven Magee says “It is the common people's duty to police the police”. In Charlotte, North Carolina riots between police and citizens break out over the death of an innocent black man. Hundreds marched through the city only to be met by police with tear gas, and rubber bullets. One person was shot and seriously injured according to www.citylab.com. Peaceful protest should never end in any type of violence. Purely do to the fact that we are a country built on protesting and fighting for...
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...Heather Mac Donald’s “Hard Data, Hollow Protests” and Charles Blow’s “The Flag is Drenched with Our Blood” highlight the issues behind racial oppression and the threat of state violence. In this case, Mac Donald strictly argues that African Americans contribute to the increase in crime rate and justifies how police groups are not responsible for the death of all unarmed blacks. Although Mac Donald emphasizes how the smallest percentage of the population is responsible for 42% of police deaths, Blow’s article clearly indicates how African Americans are still victims of racial oppression. Specifically, I agree with Blow that NFL players should be able to peacefully protest police brutality because the statistics in Mac Donald’s article fails...
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...Recently there has been controversy over police arresting and shooting citizens in the United States of America. Writers are writing articles of their opinion on the topic, but before everything the people went on riots to express their position on this topic. Every person has their own point of view on how police do their jobs and whether it is morally right or wrong.An author by the name Tina Rosenberg does not effectively appeal emotion to the audience on the subject of deatch caused by plice arrests. She states that many black people are involved in these accidents without provocating police officers, pathos is only seen when talking about the unfair treatment toward african americans which is not entirely demonstrated throughout the article. However Tina gives her analysis of her view on this trending and growing problem on whether police...
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...April 4 April 4 CRITICAL READING CRITICAL READING Police Authority Abused or Misused Giovanni Russo Section 155.Betty Anne.Word Count: 2184 Police Authority Abused or Misused Giovanni Russo Section 155.Betty Anne.Word Count: 2184 08 Fall 08 Fall Table of Contents Introduction 3 New York City 4 Police Dash Cams 5 Reported Abuse 6 Power Hungry Positions 7 Edward Krawetz 8 The Extent They Can Abuse Their Power With Out Any Consequences 8 References 9 Introduction Every year there are numerous occurrences of police brutality. Many, if not all of these occurrences have been noted and in some instances videotaped by innocent bystanders or the cameras placed on police vehicles. In many of these cases a settlement is agreed upon and the officers involved are let free and put back to work. In April of 2012 a man was brutally attacked because police had figured he was spray painting (Defranco, 2012). The innocent man, Dan Halsted, was only walking home. The lawyer involved tried to use Halsted’s house collection of kung-fu movies against him. The courts realized this was a ridiculous claim which led to a $250,000 settlement between the two parties This is great, however the police officers involved where immediately put back on duty. The duties of a police officer are to “serve and protect”, not attack and abuse. How many times has a police car pulled up behind you? What are your feelings? Are you nervous? Do you care? Do you feel protected? Personally...
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...that does not have some sort of influence or advertising to or for the topic of racism. Recently, society’s spot light has been on “Black Lives Matter” this is a movement that emphasizes police brutality against black individuals and having equal options for blacks. The movement has been presented largely through the use of social media and recently has escalated to the big stage on national TV during the super bowl. What is interesting about all of these racism topics is how it has become a one way street. The media only focuses on when black individuals are upset with the white race, or how they only air news stories about injustices happening to black people when there is problems happening to all cultures in our country and around the world....
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...of land and a mule for each family that were slaves, however it was rejected twice. There were several other reparations over time, with one the author points out mostly; and that was the second part of the article, Conyers bill. It was in November 1989, where a representative of state named Conyers have created his bill and according to the article the bill’s purpose is, “to acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slaver in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a Commission to examine that institution slavery, subsequent de jure and de facto and economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes” (Costly)....
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...Police Officers Wear Body Cameras: Pro or Con? Should police officers wear cameras while on duty to document their activities? The body camera is intended to provide an accurate, objective view of every event with a civilian. In an ideal situation, the camera would provide evidence of or discourage police misconduct while protecting officers against unfounded complaints of brutality or corruption. When unnamed black teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot by police, there was no body camera footage available. His death was followed by weeks of riots in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri and started the national debate about police conduct particularly when it involved Africa-Americans. While some witnesses to the events that evening support the officers account of self-defense, others argue that Michael...
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...Composition for Change Dr.Emeka Ekemezie Engl.1111-03 3/9/16 Do Black Lives Matter? What is police brutality? “Many citizens define police brutality broadly to include a range of abusive police practices, such as the use of profanity, racial slurs and unnecessary searches, not entailing the use of physical force”. (Holmes and Smith 6) One of our nation’s biggest epidemics is police brutality and more specifically the rate in which it affects most African American communities. I stress the importance of this issue because law officers are supposed to serve and protect but in most communities comprised of mainly African Americans, the police are often looked at as the aggressor and the instigator in most altercations. I plan to show how this injustice affects African American communities. Due to the social networking sites we visit every day, and the fact that majority of Americans have portable audio and video recording devices right in their purse or pocket, we’re able to see some of these gruesome altercations unfold right in front of us. From the Watts riots in 1965 to the 2016 Jamal Clark incident, that happened right here in Minneapolis. Most of the people that chose not to accept the fact that the police officers their tax dollars pays to employ are committing a genocide of an entire race; typically argue that these individuals brought it on themselves. A tactic police try to use to justify these horrendous acts, is to refer to the individual as monsters that needed...
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...form of police work. “The use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed...
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