The Influence Of Police Abuse Of Power

During my childhood, I used to see police officers as heroes. I remember when my brother and I used to talk about being partners, working together as police officers. Every time I come across an officer handcuffing someone, I knew that they took the “bad guys”, and that’s something I wanted to do. I wanted to protect others that were in harm. Of course when my mother found out I wanted to be a police officer she was not ok with it. I was still adamant about my decision, especially when one of my mother’s friend tried to convince her to let me do it. I was amazed when I went in the officer’s car, it was so real. It was that every police officer I knew or met were extremely friendly, no matter what you look like or who you are, you will be treated with respect unless you are harmful in any way. My view now, as an adult, has changed. So police officers are friendly, some are not. I believe that police officers take advantage and abuse power simply because they have the power to. Shooting people should be the last result, not the first, instead of using deadly force. Deadly force can be defined when police officers use force that harm others, even when they are innocent.

As of today, police officers don’t quite have a good name for themselves. Their inappropriate actions are what causes it. In the case of Walter
Officers abuse the rights they are given and don’t realized that its harmful to others. They abuse their power especially when people don’t know their rights. They think they can stop people for no reason and sometimes try to give tickets, arrest, and kill people just because they can. It comes to the point where you think they don’t want to find a solution; they just want to jump in to conclusions. There are situations where people don’t collaborate with officers, at that point they can handcuff them and deal with it the right way, but some cases, that’s not what