Police Misconduct Research Paper

Even though the police force is doing all they can to resolve the situation, police misconduct is still a major problem in the United States because many innocent people have been wrongfully accused and even died at the hands of careless police officers who abuse their authority. One case claims that “A South Side police commander and his officers tortured black suspects into confessing to crimes they didn’t commit.” (Webber) This is a perfect example as it shows how police were abusing their authority just to make innocent civilians take the blame for something they did not do. This type of behavior by police is absolutely horrendous and wrong. Another example that shows police officers abusing their authority, does not involve a killing
This situation is becoming such a big deal in many misconduct causes such as “A teenager with a baseball bay was deemed enough of a threat for Chicago police to kill the young man, along with his 55-year-old neighbour who came to the door.” (Police Force) This is a great example because it never says that the kid was threatening them with it; it only says that he had it at the time. For all we know the kid could've just been playing with it in the yard and if the officers would have just taken the time to ask what the kid was doing with it that kid might still be alive today. In a previous quote a man was killed during a “nickel ride” (Scott) In that same article it says that the man was “allegedly possessing an illegal switchblade” (Scott) The police in this case did not even ask the man if had a weapon on him or they didn't even bother to search him. They just assumed that he had a weapon on him so the were transporting him to jail and neglected to have him buckled in so he died because of being tossed around in the back of the police vehicle. If the police just took just a few minutes to ask questions before anything they might have been able to spare yet another person life from ending so