The Injustice Of Police Brutality

Police brutality is the use of excessive and/or unnecessary force by police when dealing with civilians. Excessive use of force means a force well beyond what would be necessary in order to handle a situation. Many people think that police brutality goes on and beyond with certain ages, races, or genders. I think of this as a human injustice because not everyone is treated equally or fairly when dealing with the law enforcement. Some people have seen shows and/or have watched the news where there are people getting pulled over because of their appearance that might not be comely to others and the way people see them. One way people suspect unfairness or arbitrary from the law enforcement when dealing with civilians is their race. Movies, tv shows, and the internet have all put an image in our head when we think of something. This causes a reaction in us where people believe they may have to be more circumspect with otherwhat they see on the screen instead of really thinking and looking deeper into someone and their appearance. A study by a University of California found evidence that being black, unarmed, and shot by the police is about 3.49 times the probability of being white, unarmed, and shot by the police on average. Another study shows that African Americans are more than twice as likely as white drivers to be searched during vehicle stops, but are found with something illegal 26% less than white drivers. In Chicago, a 2016 Police Accountability Task Force report found that black and Hispanic drivers were searched approximately four times as often as white drivers, but the research also showed that white drivers were twice as often to be found with something illegal then as black or Hispanic drivers. Another way people see as unfair to others would be the gender of the person. Maybe male officers could be tempted to not make any fuss and release younger women. It may be the other way around where female officers could be tempted to not make any fuss and
release younger men. Police officers are usually “rougher” with men then they are with women and they may think they need to unflinching with certain people. This could even connect with the age and/or race of the person whether police think they need to be more assertive or not.
Lately in the past couple of years, there have been shootings involving young African American men and the law enforcement. Many people were doleful and couldn’t hamper their feelings over the shootings when the young men died from a police shooting. There were riots in the streets. So many people believed that the reason they were shot was because of the color of their skin as if they were looked at to be more dangerous than any other man. Many thought that the police were thinking that they had to take extra precaution over the situation because of, one again, the man’s color of his skin. What kind of society do we live in if we worrying about whether a man got shot for his actions or because of his race?