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
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Police brutality is the use of excessive force by officers against civilians. The word “excessive” meaning more than is actually necessary. In today’s society police brutality has almost become an every month occurrence. It seems as if every month there is a different case of police brutality being flashed across our television screens. Police Brutality is very detrimental in our society today because it start riots, upset citizens, and implement fear of future incidents in the hearts of civilians
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been changes made to both police departments in regards to accusations of police abuse of power and police brutality, in addition to how more and advanced trainings would have made a difference if it had been present before the issues discussed. There will be extensive research within each department and pulling the different training methods that were demonstrated to make changes that were required. If there have been significant changes to police behavior within the police departments due to the extensive
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Police brutality in America is an everyday truth of life. The issue posed by the illegal exercise of police power is a current reality for individuals of color and class. Like the Patrick Lee case, a twenty-one-year-old who was allegedly acting in a strange manner, the officers decided to tasered him nineteen times, spray him with pepper spray and beaten with batons to death for resisting arrest. The jury found that the police did not use excessive force in this case and lawyers said that they (police
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interpretation. A way to further preventing the possibility of police brutality is to have incidents of police wrongdoing tried by independent prosecutors, as opposed to District Attorneys who have often already have regular working relationships with police officers. This could be done through each state developing an organisation to scrutinise police officers on their actions. Another way to prevent brutality is by banning local police from getting specialised military grade equipment. A federal
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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
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Law enforcement in the nation is a state’s responsibility. Police are on the front line of society’s efforts to resolve conflict. That’s why police brutality is such a betrayal of our peer’s sense of safety from its state law enforcement systems. Police brutality is when the police uses excessive force, usually physical, but also forms of verbal attacks and intimidation, against any person. Police brutality is nothing new to the American people. No matter what state you’re in, what race you are,
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claims of police brutality from the Mardi Gras festival in 2013. Mr Hutchinson claims that he was crossing Oxford street when a police officer grabbed him. When Mr Hutchinson tried to continue crossing he said he “felt a big force grab his upper arms” when two police officers pushed him down the street. CCTV footage of the arrest shows him being grabbed by two police officers but as he gets moved he flails his legs and kicks a police officer. After that it can be seen that a large group of police officers
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Ever since I first got lost when I was six years old and that Police Officer Anderson saw me sitting on the bench at the park I knew that I wanted to become a cop. I knew from that moment that I wanted to help people. I wanted to make a difference. After the police officer took me home to my worried mother and father I told my parents I wanted to be just like Officer Anderson and I wanted to help people. My parents did care, probably didn’t even hear me, to busy hugging and kissing me and asking
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Michael Brown, Ezell Ford, Raupheal Thomas, Tamir Rice, Nicholas Thomas; all these men have something in common: they were unarmed, shot and killed by police. All these officers were let off due to typical excuses such as self-defense, raised suspicion, or probable cause, without a single form of punishment. Law Enforcement, more specifically police officers, should be held accountable and receive reasonable punishment for their misbehavior and wrongdoings. These men and women hold such authority
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