shooting involves a white officer and a black suspect or even a black officer and black suspect the media loves to display it as an act of racism no matter the situation or justification for the shooting. According to Truth Revolt.org (2015), of all the police shootings in 2015 over half of those shot were white, 25% were black and even less where Mexican. And on top of that 95% of the suspects shot had a weapon on them, most of which were a firearm, and were the ones to shoot first (Revolt.org, 2015).
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As reported by Max Kutner a senior writer at Newsweek, Nakia Jones, a police officer in Cleveland, Ohio, was hastily awakened by her teenage son exploding into her bedroom on the verge of tears. “Did you see the shooting?”, he asked. “Mom not only am I afraid of being shot by another black male, do I also have to be afraid of somebody who wears the same uniform as you do?”. Two days prior, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 37 year old Alton Sterling was fatally shot numerous times by two law enforcement
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Police Brutality Police abuse remains one of the most serious human rights violations in the United States. Unjustified shootings, severe beatings, fatal chokings, and rough treatment have all contributing to the ever-present problem. The abuse we see from police officers today is similar to when ending segregation was a national issue. The mistreatment then caused riots to be seen in the news. Police abusing their power has again taken their toll on communities. Recently, just as it did in the
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With the rampant police brutality going on in today’s society, many try and search for solutions that can alleviate this problem in some way. One potential way that could possibly prevent some of that brutality is the use of police body cameras. There are a few reasons why this would be useful. One obvious benefit is that use of force will decrease. Another is that people will be less likely to complain about police actions, which means less money spent on following up with those complaints. One
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Police Misconduct/ Corruption Over that past 50 years the media has done a spectacular job of broadcasting police misconduct and corruption to the public. Unfortunately, in the past 25 years the detection of misconduct and corruption has skyrocketed because of the rapid development of technology; for example dash cams and microphones have been notoriously known for catch police misconduct. Police officers are trained to follow certain ethical protocols, but after they leave the academy some officers
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modern day media, the debate of police abusing their power comes up quite often. A recent example of that would be the shooting of Michael Brown which occurred in Ferguson, Missouri just 2 months ago. This was an example of a police officer using excessive force. Throughout time the idea of Police using excessive force has been recognized more and more. A pretty interesting statistic I found was from More (1972), which basically says since the early 1970s, police murdered a person a day since the
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question of excessive police is posed almost weekly in news outlets. Since the first of this year, one thousand and 4 people have been killed by police in our country. This number will probably change by the time I give my speech. USA Today reported that excessive force by law enforcement has gone up 25 percent since 2001. Tension is rising at an alarming rate, and something must be done to restore faith in our police officers. This strain is causing mistrust for the good police officers that are trying
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about what exactly excessive force and whether or not it is actually something that can be measured or not? Within the article there are different subcategories like “Judgment Call” “Heat of the Chase”. The conclusion of whether or not the force of a police officer can be measured and or evaluated was that ultimately that it couldn’t be measured, just imply because it is the officer discretion. This article demonstrates ethos by appealing to Logos by providing you with stats, numbers, and direct quotes
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Change Will Prevent Chaos: Why Police Brutality Is a Problem On September 18, 2015, a 16 year old boy was beaten multiple times with a baton after allegedly jaywalking. Eight additional cops were called to the scene when they arrested the black teenager. According to Sunil Dutta, the police used necessary force, and the teenager could have prevented the entire situation. However, experts would agree that police brutality is caused by numerous underlying problems, including inadequately trained
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their sons too. Police brutality became another bondage towards African Americans. Policemen were allowed administrative leave, meaning that cop is getting a slap on the wrist for killing an innocent son and getting paid for it. Afterwhile Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, and Michael Brown passed away, the list continued to get longer. Eventually, young African American ladies Aiyana Stanley-Jones, Tanisha Anderson, and Sandra Bland were added to the 100 list of unarmed blacks killed by police
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