Police Brutality In America Analysis

In the image, the words are both strong and direct, “I’m going to kick your ass” is bigger, bolder and is at the top of the image. The second part of that sentence, “and get away with it” is at the bottom and is slightly smaller. The image also has the words “public” on the left hand corner and “service” on the right hand corner at the top. It also has “serve” and “protect” at the bottom corners of the image. The image is implying that white policemen can get away with beating up an innocent person. This is usually aimed at black and brown people. It shows that police brutality has been a problem in our society, not just of today, but in the past couple of centuries. The image has only three different colors which are used in a way that symbolizes that it has been around for a while now and nothing has changed. The image was made in 2007 and was reposted online by the creator Shepard Fairey after the Michael Brown case.
Batons have been around for a long time. It indicates that after so many years police brutality is still a problem and the men who do the damage see no consequences. In “What Has Changed about Police Brutality in America”, it states that in Los Angeles in 1991, a man named Rodney King was beaten down to the ground by five police officers with batons. People were angry because the officers were not held accountable for the down fall (Flatow). This was the case that opened up the eyes of the people who doubted this problem to police brutality. Many people have been beaten down and even killed by officers who have been able to walk away without having any