A good example of the lack of professionalism with the grand jury are the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases, the grand jury’s decision not to prosecute syndicated police officers has placed the process in public scrutiny. In the arrest of Eric Garner and his tragic death for selling untaxed cigarettes. Officers tried to arrest him by using a chokehold and compressed his chest…
Twenty- five year old Freddie Gray lost his life on April 19th, 2015 due to the cruel treatment of police brutality. Gray was arrested on a weapons charge in a high-crime area of Baltimore. He was harshly shoved, pushed carelessly, dragged and then thrown into the back of a white van by six police officers. Spectators say that he was beaten inside of the van as well, due to moans and screaming being heard in the surrounding area. Gray suffered with asthma resulting in his having trouble breathing while in the police van. He begged and pleaded for his inhaler because of the lack of oxygen and was unreasonably denied.…
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“Do NOT move!” “What do you think you are doing?” BANG!! These are some of the word said by Officer Ferguson during the scuffle with 18-year old Michael Brown. Some may say it was a matter of race, while others say it was a matter of self-defense. No matter what a black man was shot by a white officer and that cannot be changed. Well, why not stun Brown with pepper spray or taze him, some say. At this time Ferguson felt that his pepper spray would not be a help and did not have his tazer. The only other option he had was his gun. Now there are to different stories circulating around the news and other social media. One is that Michael Brown Calmly put his hands up and walked slowly away from the officer looking to cause no harm, but the other story is that Brown seemed to think he could overpower the officer and reached to still his weapon after being confronted. Two completely different stories told by two completely different types of people. The people on Michael Brown’s side believe he calmly surrendered which makes the case seem more like a race issue, while people defending Officer Ferguson believe he had every right to fire at Brown.…
Just months ago, an unarmed man was killed by an officer in Charleston, South Carolina as he ran away from him. The officer fired multiple rounds hitting the man at least 7 times, killing him. In my opinion, because the man was older than the officer, had not committed a violent crime, nor was he trying to harm the officer, he did not pose much of a threat in this occurrence. It has become more and more common for this to happen.…
Darren Wilson was a white police officer who went out one day patrolling as is daily duty. Through his reports, he claimed that he was went to stop Michael Brown for jaywalking, but to later discover that he had just robbed a convenience store. Wilson claimed that Brown became very angry because he thought he was being caught for his crime. Brown began to charge at Wilson and was soon at the car window. Brown then tried to grab Wilson’s gun so Wilson began to shoot. So much happened in such a short time. As Wilson felt threatened for his life, as a police officer, he had the right to shoot out of protection. He knew this man was not in the right sense to come at him and he did not want to mess around. Anyone who tries to attack a police officer should understand that he or she has a gun and has the right to use it this type of circumstance.…
In the Michael Brown case, there is not just one side to the story. Michael Brown was unarmed at the time of the shooting, which is where it gets a bit sidetracked in the officer’s side of the story. Wilson, the officer who had shot Brown, was heard saying by a witness, “I’m going to shoot,” and then fired instantaneously, as said by Johnson (McLaughlin 2014). Belmar, the St. Louis Police Chief, had claimed that the investigation showed the officer was trying to get out of his vehicle, but Brown pushed him back in as they struggled over the officer’s weapon (McLaughlin 2014). In this case, Brown was shot without a cause, whether this is what the officer intended or not. Brown lost his life because of an officer’s…
Imagine an African American teenage boy walking through an affluent, mostly white neighborhood and a man begins to chase him. Naturally, the boy begins to run and ask why he is being followed. Without an answer as to why he is being followed, he is then tackled, shot, and killed. This story reflects the true life account that took place in 2012 between Trayvon Martin, the African American boy, and George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch patrol. Zimmerman’s reasoning for following Martin, and eventually killing him, was that he looked “suspicious” and seemed dangerous (“Trayvon Martin Shooting,” 2015). The story of Trayvon Martin is one of thousands that take place everyday and is an example of racial profiling.…
The only time a problem in the ghetto gets addressed is when a cop murders a black male. Which by the way “every 28 hours a African American is killed by a security officer” according to alternet.com. Police brutality is a very big problem in ghettos all around the world. “Although black men make up only 6% of the U.S. population, they account for for 40% of the unarmed men shot to death by police this year” according to WashingtonPost.com.The officer that committed the murder usually gets just a slap on the wrist. Since the officer never gets punished it keeps happening. The media never really talks about any of the issues in the ghetto unless its police brutality.For example Trayvon Martin was murdered by George Zimmerman while Trayvon Martin…
People feel this was the result of a racial issue more than the officer just doing his job. I personally agree somewhat because this is not the first time an unarmed black male teen has been killed. No one including the police have the right to kill unless it was an act of self-defense. In this case, it was not because he was unarmed and had no way of harming the officer. The officer should have chosen a better way to handle the situation instead of pulling a trigger and murdering someone. Even with common knowledge of that being wrong, the officer was still let go with no major punishment of prison.…
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.…
You’ve heard about it, read about it, and maybe even seen live footage on the news. What is it? Living in the United States, a lot of cases in today’s society are Police Brutality. Police Brutality remains the most critical and divisive human rights violation in the United States of America. We are supposed to trust the police to protect us, not take advantage and abuse the power, we, the people, have invested in them. The immoderate use of police brutality continues because police don’t know how to de-escalate, most cops face no disciplinary threats, and because there are no clear policies on using force. This makes it feasible for officers who do commit brutality and human rights violations to abscond their punishment and repeat their offences.…
Racial Profiling, we see it, hear it, and experience it, all because of our skin color, ethnicity or simply because of our names. All throughout the country, millions experience racial profiling whether it’s in a school, a restaurant, their neighborhood, or in jail. Racial Profiling has destroyed the public trust in not only police officers but from everyone around them as well. Listening to movements based on the killings due to being a certain race and learning from the death of Eric Garner and the series of deaths of others, concludes that two issues need to be solved: racial profiling and police…
Police work is dangerous. Sometimes police put in situations that excessive force is needed. But, because some officers use these extreme measures in situations when it is not, police brutality should be addressed. The use of excessive force may or may not be large problem, but it should be looked into by both the police and the public.…
A solid metal is dropped from the height of 64 feet. How long will it take for the solid metal to hit the ground? Ignore the air resistance.…