Police Brutality
October 13th, 2013
Brutality:
In modern day America police brutality occurs quite often. Police officers are using unreasonable forces on criminals, which are causing lots of chaos. People are getting seriously injured and killed. These horrific actions have to be extinguished. Reasonable can be defined in many ways. According to Mirriam-Webster’s definition reasonable means being in accordance with reason, not extreme or excessive, moderate, fair, and having the faculty of reason (Merriam-webster, 2012. 0. .). Someone who is reasonable has good judgment. There are various ways that law enforcement can be viewed as reasonable. An officer who is reasonable will be much more efficient and useful when working on the job. For example, an officer who is reasonable would make good decisions and would remain impartial when making an arrest. Determining whether or not police force was excessive or brutal is plain and simple. The injuries of a criminal would show what type of force was used upon the criminal. If a criminal has excessive bruises, breaks, tears, etc. The police officers obviously were too brutal on the criminal. If a criminal decides to fight back the officer should take control of the criminal with force and once the criminal is contained that should be the end of it. Even though the criminal broke the law by assaulting a police officer, the officer should not retaliate back with violence, it is immature and it shows vulnerability when an officer does that. If in fact a criminal decides to shoot then should the officer be able to take lethal action and shoot back. I do believe that if an officer feels that they’re in eminent danger then they should be able to shoot/taze in order to defend themselves. Rodney King’s case was determined to be excessive due to the wounds and injuries he had. Video surveillance was also an influential factor in determining whether or not it was excessive. Video surveillance can’t always be a reliable source
Brutality:
In modern day America police brutality occurs quite often. Police officers are using unreasonable forces on criminals, which are causing lots of chaos. People are getting seriously injured and killed. These horrific actions have to be extinguished. Reasonable can be defined in many ways. According to Mirriam-Webster’s definition reasonable means being in accordance with reason, not extreme or excessive, moderate, fair, and having the faculty of reason (Merriam-webster, 2012. 0. .). Someone who is reasonable has good judgment. There are various ways that law enforcement can be viewed as reasonable. An officer who is reasonable will be much more efficient and useful when working on the job. For example, an officer who is reasonable would make good decisions and would remain impartial when making an arrest. Determining whether or not police force was excessive or brutal is plain and simple. The injuries of a criminal would show what type of force was used upon the criminal. If a criminal has excessive bruises, breaks, tears, etc. The police officers obviously were too brutal on the criminal. If a criminal decides to fight back the officer should take control of the criminal with force and once the criminal is contained that should be the end of it. Even though the criminal broke the law by assaulting a police officer, the officer should not retaliate back with violence, it is immature and it shows vulnerability when an officer does that. If in fact a criminal decides to shoot then should the officer be able to take lethal action and shoot back. I do believe that if an officer feels that they’re in eminent danger then they should be able to shoot/taze in order to defend themselves. Rodney King’s case was determined to be excessive due to the wounds and injuries he had. Video surveillance was also an influential factor in determining whether or not it was excessive. Video surveillance can’t always be a reliable source