Police brutality is the excessive use of violence against people in different areas of the United States by police. Police brutality is something that is talked about a lot by different people: people of different races‚ genders‚ and age groups. This is a big problem that is happening in the United States and has been happening for a while now. There has been many issues of police brutality in the past few years. Police brutality issues seem to happen the most within the African American community
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Police officers are abusing their authority by brutalizing and even sometimes killing people. These attacks have been video recorded and put on social media. Police brutality has been a trending topic on social media because of the rising cases involving police using excessive force and the recordings of these events. Many famous cases have spiraled from police brutality including Michael Brown‚ Rodney King‚ and Sandra Bland. Seeing this has made people start to protest and riot. Others have been
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killed at the hands of police officers. Drastic changes are needed to solve the issue of police brutality. Such excessive force by police officers is very disturbing to the community. People around the country are fighting for a country where law enforcement treats all communities with dignity‚ employs restraint on the power police officers‚ and only use the necessary force to maintain the community’s safety. Over the years there have many cases involving police brutality such as the cases of Rodney
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many new things about police brutality and what motivates it. Since the early 1900’s and long before(when Richard Wright was growing up)‚ racism has been a frequent theme in America. However‚ racism has changed and evolved. Racism used to be mainly expressed explicitly‚ whereas nowadays racism has changed to being implicit. This means that people make presumptions and have prejudices about race subconsciously. Racism can range from
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the use of force by police officers and more specifically the use of excessive force. This is such an issue in the field of criminal justice because it has led to an almost anti-police movement across America‚ specifically in those areas where minorities are prominent. This issue is an issue in criminal justice due to the fact that through all of the cases of police brutality across America the public opinion towards police has been hastily decreasing and trust in the police along with it. As seen
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Officer Safety Nightmare. Do you ever wonder why society is so hateful towards the police department when the police department is sometimes justified in their actions? The media has the power to sway the opinions of society about the police department because of the way they present the information given to them. Most current events are initiated by the media and the media’s effect on people. When it comes to the police department the media has used their jobs to report the news in an unprofessional
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Lopez English 101 2/26/13 Police Brutality “Police brutality is a civil rights violation that occurs when a police officer acts with excessive force by using an amount of force with regards to a civilian that is more than necessary.” Police brutality‚ a word that was first used in 1893‚ has raised many questions. Some of these are: what are the causes of police brutality‚ and what are some prevention steps we can take to avoid police brutality? Police brutality has been an increasing pandemic
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Police Brutality: A Rising Issue What should society do when the people that are supposed to be protecting them turn into the people that they need protecting from? Police brutality has become a major issue in today’s society and has become a major point within today’s media. As stated by Lauren Fox‚ “The deaths of black men at the hands of police have been thrust into the national spotlight” (Fox). Police brutality is classified as an officer applying excessive and/or unneeded force to the
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is currently dealing with issues of police brutality. The ongoing Mexican Drug War has led to acts of brutality on both sides of the equation. While drug cartels are rightly condemned to their reckless disregard for human rights‚ there have been numerous incidents of Mexican police forces acting in much the same way. Further heightening the situation‚ corruption has led to some police forces acting against the public’s best interest. In Mexico‚ police brutality is focused around their corruption
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Police Brutality is a tragedy upon us in America. In society we face this tragedy‚ each and every day of our lives. Police officers are the ones who are supposed to prevent crime and stop abuse‚ instead we are being challenged by police officers. They continue to use firearms or weapons when their lives are in danger. If there isn’t a response towards the situation‚ a police officer should not fire or use any weapon of any kind. In my perspective‚ Police Brutality is a serious issue‚ police officers
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