Junior Project Paper
Police Brutality Police Brutality is the use of excessive or unnecessary force by police when dealing with citizens. An average of 6.6% of police officers will have a complaint filed against them for misconduct. More than 10,000 police complaints were filed in the city of Chicago within a two year period. Society is said to be corrupt due to the lack of authority, but it is hard for citizens to respect officers, the authority, when they are the ones who are seen as violent.
The first claim of police brutality was used in 1872 when a police officer was reported beating a citizen that was under arrest. The number one most reported type of misconduct is excessive force also known as police brutality.Police seem to always be getting away with things that would be illegal for a regular pedestrian. In Ottawa, Kansas, a young high school boy was shot
16 times for simply pulling out his hair brush.
Police officers are trained to kill in their training, which is expected for them to protect themselves. However, they jump to “self defense” too quickly. The child killed in Ottawa,
Kansas was suicidal and just got out of the hospital for attempted suicide hours before he was shot and killed. The night before he posted on Facebook. “Tonight is the night goodbye everyone!!!!! It was truly a good ride! And I’m sorry for who I might of hurted and people that I may of offended, But I love all my family and I hope you don’t hold this against me.” He then took “60 or so pills” and was then sent to the hospital by the two policemen that shot and killed him the following day.
The officers knew it was him and that he was suicidal, after his aunt begged them not to shoot and pleaded that she would try and help calm him down but they did not listen and they shot him
16 times, that is considered complete overkill. The police are getting out of hand and there needs to be something done about it. The question left being asked is, “Is it even safe to call the
The first claim of police brutality was used in 1872 when a police officer was reported beating a citizen that was under arrest. The number one most reported type of misconduct is excessive force also known as police brutality.Police seem to always be getting away with things that would be illegal for a regular pedestrian. In Ottawa, Kansas, a young high school boy was shot
16 times for simply pulling out his hair brush.
Police officers are trained to kill in their training, which is expected for them to protect themselves. However, they jump to “self defense” too quickly. The child killed in Ottawa,
Kansas was suicidal and just got out of the hospital for attempted suicide hours before he was shot and killed. The night before he posted on Facebook. “Tonight is the night goodbye everyone!!!!! It was truly a good ride! And I’m sorry for who I might of hurted and people that I may of offended, But I love all my family and I hope you don’t hold this against me.” He then took “60 or so pills” and was then sent to the hospital by the two policemen that shot and killed him the following day.
The officers knew it was him and that he was suicidal, after his aunt begged them not to shoot and pleaded that she would try and help calm him down but they did not listen and they shot him
16 times, that is considered complete overkill. The police are getting out of hand and there needs to be something done about it. The question left being asked is, “Is it even safe to call the