Anti Police Force Essay
“We’re not anti-police, we’re anti-police brutality” This a quote by an American civil rights leader and former White House adviser, Al Sharpton. The police are using lethal force more often against innocent citizens even though some do not realize it. It becoming a massive problem in the United States and there has not been too much to help prevent the issue. Instead, when people try to get justice for the innocent victims, they get hate and told that they are just creating more problems. This is due to the fact many people do not want to view the police in a bad light. As a result some may say that the police do not use force as often as not most believe. However, I believe that the police are still using force too often and it is almost
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Although, the article, Police Use Of Deadly Force Is Rare, Scrutiny has Risen by Jim Glennon does say, “...the statistics are available to prove that in the majority of the cases where force would be an option, officers now avoid it.” The statistics that he was using are most likely to not be accurate. According to, No Way To Tell Without a National Database by Kami Chavis Simmons, “...the FBI generally estimates around 400 deaths annually, independent researchers claim that the numbers are closer to 1,000.” The number that the FBI gave is more than half of the number that independent researcher claim. This is due to the lack of database. Since that there is no database that is correct one can not claim that there are few deaths related to police use of force. There are too many deaths due to the police use of force which many people do not realize due to the lack database. The inability to have these numbers causes there to be less of a reaction from the public, they are not hearing how often it happens so when they do hear about a case of it, they assume that it was the victim's fault. They don’t hear about it so they don’t believe that it really happens. No one really knows the true number however the number is likely higher than what people
Although, the article, Police Use Of Deadly Force Is Rare, Scrutiny has Risen by Jim Glennon does say, “...the statistics are available to prove that in the majority of the cases where force would be an option, officers now avoid it.” The statistics that he was using are most likely to not be accurate. According to, No Way To Tell Without a National Database by Kami Chavis Simmons, “...the FBI generally estimates around 400 deaths annually, independent researchers claim that the numbers are closer to 1,000.” The number that the FBI gave is more than half of the number that independent researcher claim. This is due to the lack of database. Since that there is no database that is correct one can not claim that there are few deaths related to police use of force. There are too many deaths due to the police use of force which many people do not realize due to the lack database. The inability to have these numbers causes there to be less of a reaction from the public, they are not hearing how often it happens so when they do hear about a case of it, they assume that it was the victim's fault. They don’t hear about it so they don’t believe that it really happens. No one really knows the true number however the number is likely higher than what people