police brutality
Why does the public find use of force by police so disturbing? Are the police using more force?
With so much going on in the media, the public is more terrified of the police. Many are not comfortable with calling up Law Enforcement. Many feel police officers abuse their authority. It seems as if they’re abusing their authority as police officers. In many situations claiming self-defense. Young teens and children being gunned down by law enforcement. Many afraid to call upon law enforcement, afraid of their own safety. Police officers should be a part of the community not against the community.
We all know the story of Oscar Grant, 22 year old African American young man fatally shot by a Bart police officer in Oakland, California early New Year’s Day in 2009. Yes he was resisting arrest but he was hand cuffed lying face down. How can a police officer feel threatened when Oscar Grant was clearly restrained. Police officers should be trained to handle situations with their best judgment possible. These are supposed to be who protects the community not cause harm to the community. One example of the police using more force today. There’s more people being killed by police then being saved. This is who our government highers to protect the community.
Police brutality is one of the most serious, enduring, and divisive human rights violation in the United States. Police officers engage in unjustified shootings, fatal choking, severe beatings, and unnecessarily rough physical treatment in cities all over the United States. Police superiors, the Justice Department, and city officials act decisively to restrain or penalizes such acts, or even record full magnitude of the problem. Usually a small percentage of habitually brutal officers may be the subject of repeated complaints but are usually protected by their fellow officers. Any victim trying to gain justice may face obstacles at every point of the process. Severe abuse takes place due to overwhelming barriers to
With so much going on in the media, the public is more terrified of the police. Many are not comfortable with calling up Law Enforcement. Many feel police officers abuse their authority. It seems as if they’re abusing their authority as police officers. In many situations claiming self-defense. Young teens and children being gunned down by law enforcement. Many afraid to call upon law enforcement, afraid of their own safety. Police officers should be a part of the community not against the community.
We all know the story of Oscar Grant, 22 year old African American young man fatally shot by a Bart police officer in Oakland, California early New Year’s Day in 2009. Yes he was resisting arrest but he was hand cuffed lying face down. How can a police officer feel threatened when Oscar Grant was clearly restrained. Police officers should be trained to handle situations with their best judgment possible. These are supposed to be who protects the community not cause harm to the community. One example of the police using more force today. There’s more people being killed by police then being saved. This is who our government highers to protect the community.
Police brutality is one of the most serious, enduring, and divisive human rights violation in the United States. Police officers engage in unjustified shootings, fatal choking, severe beatings, and unnecessarily rough physical treatment in cities all over the United States. Police superiors, the Justice Department, and city officials act decisively to restrain or penalizes such acts, or even record full magnitude of the problem. Usually a small percentage of habitually brutal officers may be the subject of repeated complaints but are usually protected by their fellow officers. Any victim trying to gain justice may face obstacles at every point of the process. Severe abuse takes place due to overwhelming barriers to