Protected By Police

Are We Really Being Protected By The Police In Our Communities?
A middle age man rides through his city of Los Angeles intoxicated. Who would have ever thought he’ll get pulled over before making it home? King did not expect for his night to become a disaster after having a wonderful time out with friends. Although driving under the influence in any state is illegal; what made this particular case make the front page of multiple news articles? King led officers on a high- speed chase endangering the lives of others. King has been in trouble before and tried to escape a DUI charge because he would have gone down for violating parole. However, after an 8-mile high-speed chase, he was cornered at the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Osborne Street with no other choice left but to stop. After being stopped the catastrophe began! His passengers Bryant Allen and Freddie Helms were ordered to exit the
King got it the worst! Guns were drawn, he was shot with a stun gun, and constantly beaten with batons. Each officer during the time of this stop was Caucasian and excessively overused their authority. Was this an act of racism? In addition, footage was recorded and sent in. This recording made the top headline of all news channels and raised tension towards the police all over in different cities. The excessive use of police authority needs to be stopped. If this doesn’t stop, more people will lash out on officers. Is this the reason why there is so much hatred towards the police? For many years things like this have been taking place, causing people to hate the law as well as officers. Police brutality leads to hatred of police; this is not a good look on their behalf because they