Police Brutality

Statistics alone are not capable enough of explaining why police brutality occurs to one specific group of people. We can see fewer indictments of police officers, but the indictment rates of civilians are almost at a hundred percent. The US Department of Justice states, “61% of police officers state that they do not always report…

In this letter I wanted to discuss an epidemic that has occured in America these past few years, which would be police brutality towards African Americans. Police brutality dates as far back as the 1960’s but recently there have been many cases towards black people where they do not pose a threat but are still…

“Police brutality is the use of excessive and/or unnecessary force by police when dealing with civilians.” Police brutality comes in many different forms and ways with the clearest form being physical, the other forms include improper use of tasers, political repression, racial profiling, police corruption, sexual abuse, psychological intimidation, false arrests, and verbal abuse. To…

Police brutality is the use of excessive and unnecessary force by the police when dealing with citizens. The most common force of police brutality is physical aggression. Police brutality is a huge issue with blacks because of racism. The police always assume the blacks are doing something when they actually aren’t, an example of that…

Police brutality is a topic that is not foreign to our nation. It extends past the typical “wrong place, wrong time” idea that many people have internalized. The police in today’s society have overwhelmely used their power for the wrong reasons. In the recent years and since the birth of America, blacks have been disproportionally…

What is police brutality? The National Institute of Justice defines police brutality, “as the use of any force exceeding that reasonably necessary to accomplish a lawful police purpose” (NIJ, 2016). Although no reliable measure of its incidence exists, it has a long history even if not recorded. Police Brutality has become a major issue throughout…

Police work is perilous. Now and then police put in circumstances that over the top power is required. Be that as it may, on the grounds that a few officers utilize these extraordinary measures in circumstances when it isn’t, police fierceness ought to be tended to. The utilization of over the top power could possibly…

The Declaration of Independence was created to protect the inalienable rights that all Americans receive at birth, yet police brutality continues to threaten the rights of African Americans everywhere. Police everywhere need to be given mandatory psychological tests in order to gain awareness of racial bias in law enforcement and allow citizens to slowly gain…

Police brutality has played a major role and has left a big impact on today’s society. For example, on September 16, 2016, nearby recordings of Officer Betty Jo Shelby clearly shows her firing an unexpected gunshot at Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man, ultimately striking him in the chest. Sadly, Mr. Crutcher later died from…

Police deal with different races every day. They’re not racist; they’re careful. Now, they’re under fire for cracking down on laws. But research shows civilians aren’t at risk; the police are. There are people dying in the hands of cops, and cops lives end in the hands of people. Certainly, there wasn’t always this much…