their power and force. These areas can easily be misconstrued and misunderstood. Police officers are put in situations where they are sanctioned to use mental and physical force to catch criminals with the goal of solving a crime. (p481). When it comes to police force‚ some have a good understanding of its purpose and feel that it is needed. Others believe that with training and self-control‚ police force could be minimized. We live in a society that is unpredictable and crafty. Police are put in a
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After reading this article‚ I am mostly bothered by the Police Brutality and the Abortion Prosecution. However‚ I would also like to talk about the how frequently illegal immigrants’ rights are being violated. Illegal immigrants have become very frequent victims of racial profiling‚ and sadly this discriminations are often done by persons in powerful positions such as employers‚ government officials‚ and the law enforcement. They are often violated of their rights because they think that these immigrant
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Adetiba and Almendrala’s article details the traumatic side effects to viewing videos of police brutality‚ focusing specifically on its impact on Black people. While discussing the side effects‚ which are similar to that of post-traumatic stress disorder‚ the authors explicate the reasons as to why the Black community is particularly vulnerable to these symptoms. Citing a psychologist‚ the authors explain that since the majority of these videos feature Black victims‚ Black viewers see themselves
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The article “Police Brutality” written by Ed. Jill Nelson throws light on discrimination and brutal behavior of police in USA against Black people. The story revolves around two main characters John - a Black man and his wife‚ a White lady. John’s behavior is depictive of a Black man’s During their journey on the interstate highway‚ they stop to ask about the address from a cop and after few minutes their car is pulled over by another patrolling car because John‚ a Black man was driving the car in
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Looking briefly at the history of the American police‚ the police force is structure based off the English boobies in the 18th century. Drawing heavily on English practice‚ the United States police force had a rocky start. “Crime-particularly crimes like murder‚ robbery‚ rape‚ and burglary…was rare in the earliest colonies…this was largely due to the fact that they were settles by small and fairly homogeneous groups…”(Vila page 2). Not only did the police force have little to now power or structure in
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likely to be a victim of police brutality because of the color of your skin. Joyner uses juxtaposition‚ and angle of the picture to convey that police can do anything they please and they are able to get away with it. Also‚ to convey that America is aware that most of the people who are being brutalized are black people. The author uses juxtaposition by placing the protesting man that is holding up the sign “ Guilty of only being black.” with him chained to a ‘Police Brutality’. This shows that even
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Police brutality is a term used to describe the excessive use of force‚ attack‚ verbal violence‚ and intimidation by police officers and other law enforcement. The term can also be applied to the same behavior of prison officials. It is widespread in many countries‚ even in those who pursue it. Throughout history‚ the police efforts have been made have been marred by police brutality to some degree. In its beginning‚ law enforcement actively incited an air of fear‚ and violent treatment was delivered
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argue that the use of force is a necessary component for police officers as it is used as a form of self-defence to protect the officer from any danger against a potential threat. The ‘use of force’ can be justified as using “the amount of force necessary to mitigate an incident‚ make an arrest‚ or protect themselves or others from harm”. However‚ through the years it has become a controversial topic within policing’s and has resulted in many cases and allegations against the police of using unjustified
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Police officers are permitted to use deadly force while in the field if it is in defense of self and others. Recently the media has focused in on the police’s use of deadly force on African-Americans. Some high profile cases involve those of Walter Scott and Michael Brown. These are both cases in which police officers used deadly force on African-American males where both suspects were unarmed. Scott was killed by a police officer after being stopped while driving his car. Scott flies the car
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Police abuse remains one of the most serious human’s rights violations. Over the past decade‚ police actions have people wondering if officers are really doing their job. Sometimes police are put in situations that force is needed. But‚ because some officer’s use these extreme measures in situations when it is not need‚ Reform is needed in law enforcement. Law enforcement should look at if they held liable if force is used improperly‚ they have been properly trained to use force‚ and they use the
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