Police brutality is among some of the most pressing issues in our country today. With increasingly common reports of misconduct‚ more people every day are wondering if the police officers‚ employed by the government and paid for by the people‚ are truly here to serve and protect. In many instances however‚ these reports are skewed and biased by media outlets in favor of condemning police officers without showing interest in the point of view of the police officer. Conversely‚ police departments
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Lopez English 101 2/26/13 Police Brutality “Police brutality is a civil rights violation that occurs when a police officer acts with excessive force by using an amount of force with regards to a civilian that is more than necessary.” Police brutality‚ a word that was first used in 1893‚ has raised many questions. Some of these are: what are the causes of police brutality‚ and what are some prevention steps we can take to avoid police brutality? Police brutality has been an increasing pandemic
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many new things about police brutality and what motivates it. Since the early 1900’s and long before(when Richard Wright was growing up)‚ racism has been a frequent theme in America. However‚ racism has changed and evolved. Racism used to be mainly expressed explicitly‚ whereas nowadays racism has changed to being implicit. This means that people make presumptions and have prejudices about race subconsciously. Racism can range from
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Officer Safety Nightmare. Do you ever wonder why society is so hateful towards the police department when the police department is sometimes justified in their actions? The media has the power to sway the opinions of society about the police department because of the way they present the information given to them. Most current events are initiated by the media and the media’s effect on people. When it comes to the police department the media has used their jobs to report the news in an unprofessional
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Police Brutality Can you imagine walking into your local Timmies and getting your coffee for free? Can you imagine being able to drive as fast as you want‚ make a u-turn whenever you want and run through as many red lights as you want? Can you imagine having an army of men at your side with one phone call? Can you imagine driving‚ and at the flick of a switch‚ every other car moves out of your way? Seems out of reach for the average person‚ well‚ that is the daily life of a police officer
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Police Brutality: America’s largest problem Police brutality is a very important issue that the American people need to deal with. Police brutality is now a really popular topic‚ because of cellular devices and other video recording devices. Without those devices police brutality would continue to be swept under the media’s rug. America needs to come together as one and make the United States a safer environment for all of its citizens. Police brutality can be prevented and handled by the judicial
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Police Brutality The biggest issue that is arising in America today within police agencies is police brutality. “Police brutality is the use of excessive and/or unnecessary force by police when dealing with civilians” (The Law dictionary). Throughout this paper police brutality is discussed an analyzed to conclude its causes and effects. In order to conduct this paper numerous online articles have been examined to produce statistics on this sensitive topic. These articles are written by creditable
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riots and protests were happening all over the country. The reason behind these riots‚ and protests is police brutality towards the african-american community. Even though people don’t think so there is still a lot of racial discrimination going on in today’s society‚ where black people are being killed for no reason. So Slice got dressed and headed to school where this topic of police brutality had been on his mind all day. For some reason‚ when his teacher Ms.VanZegeren said the class needed to
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Issues involving the police can clearly be seen by the American citizens on news channels and on social media. These issues bring about a great amount of debate and conflict of two opposing ideas about what is perceived as right and wrong as well as good and bad. However‚ if one is to look at the issue of police brutality and compare it to other issues that America is facing‚ he or she can see a reoccurring pattern of human behavior among them. It seems as though it has become a common occurrence
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Police Brutality is a major problem in America today‚ and few minor steps are being taken to prevent this injustice. There are numerous cases where a police officer’s assaults an innocent person. When the media releases these types of news motives are put into question‚ leading to public unrest due to controversy. With a simple solution‚ there is an easy way to bring peace to these types of problems. The newest technology "body cameras" are turning out to be more well known in today’s general public
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