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    DONT USE THIS: - RAW UNFINISHED Police Brutality‚ is not only an American issue‚ it is a world-wide problem. Police brutality has been going on since the late 1800’s and is getting worse every year. Police brutality is caused by so many things‚ race‚ boredom‚ power insecurity‚ life problems. The same reasons we get angry in life‚ but they chose to abuse people because they are the only gang who can get away with it. Police is the largest gang of all‚ most organized‚ and the most manipulative.

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    the news. What is it? Living in the United States‚ a lot of cases in today’s society are Police Brutality. Police Brutality remains the most critical and divisive human rights violation in the United States of America. We are supposed to trust the police to protect us‚ not take advantage and abuse the power‚ we‚ the people‚ have invested in them. The immoderate use of police brutality continues because police don’t know how to de-escalate‚ most cops face no disciplinary threats‚ and because there

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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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    Zemmouri 1  Samir Zemmouri   Mr.Mccoy  English 9 Period 7  15 May 2015  The Distortion of Police Brutality in Today’s Media We constantly see it in the news‚ “People rioting‚ demanding police reform” or the  popular‚ “Who is policing police brutality?”. But if we look past the headlines‚ we will see that  police brutality is nothing but a modern day myth. Media today is nothing more than a business  with multiple companies competing against each other for higher ratings. With this in mind we  have to consider what will pull in more viewers

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    power and influence. With that being said‚ it is no surprise that among the bodies in which such gross injustices occur‚ the police force comes into question. Seemingly more so than ever‚ police brutality as a whole has been happening at an alarming rate. Flip on

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    Asia Williams Sociology 002 Social Injustice/Police Brutality A social injustice‚ as understood in our society‚ is any action against an individual or group‚ which would deny them of their basic human rights. Police abuse remains one of the most serious human rights violations in the United States. Over the past years‚ police have acted out in ways that have made people wonder “are our officers of the law really doing their job?” Unjustified shootings‚ severe beatings‚ fatal choking’s‚ and rough

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    disagree that the amount of force was excessive. Police brutality‚ use of force and discretion have is being abused by officers. This has been a problem for years but now that the public have smart phones and other media sources we see more officers abusing their power. Police brutality has been witnessed recently over the years in America. The topic has been controversial among communities that have seen brutality in front of them. I understand that police officers face many threatening situations everyday

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    Annotated Bibliography “Police Brutality (Special Report)” facts on file. Issues & controversies. Web. March 2009 This article points out several different cases involving police brutality linked to New York City police departments. In the case of Amadou Diallo four plainclothes officers shot and killed the 22-year-old immigrant from Guinea while he was sitting in his home in the Bronx. Mistaking his wallet for a gun he was shot at 41 times‚ 19 of the shots hit him. The jury‚ racially mixed‚ acquitted

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    The case of police brutality targeting African-Americans has escalated more and more. The cases of police brutality such as Eric Garner‚ Michael Brown‚ and Freddie Gray have caused sparks in the media (Akkoc). Their tragedies because of police brutality have made people protest‚ and in some cases‚ riot(Akkoc). One of the cases is that of Eric Garner‚ who after refusing to follow an officer’s order‚ was jumped by multiple cops and one put him in a choke hold (Akkoc). Garner repeatedly said ’I can’t

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    “ If someone puts their hands on you‚ make sure they never put their hands on you again” Even though some people say that it is the victim’s fault‚ police brutality has gotten way worse than how it was back in the early 90s. Some police think they are above the law giving the mindset that they can do whatever they want to do and get away with it like it is okay. Americans seem to not want to come together and fight the issue‚ they are sitting back and just watching these terrible events happen.

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