a huge issue if people felt like they were heard. It isn’t just about putting the victim in jail‚ it’s about doing things right. On twitter I recently saw a video of police officers who holding down a man at a liquor store and shot him numerous of times because they thought he had a gun. I’m sure when they update us on the incident there will be justice. Everyone has a voice and wants to feel like they’re making justice for whomever they are trying to make be heard. In the article “Police responses
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limit and a police officer catches you and he pulls you over. You pull to the side of the highway and pulls you out of your car and puts you in handcuffs and doesn’t tell you why you’re in handcuffs. Shortly after you ask him why he’s in cuffs and the cop says shut up and punches you in the gut. Then he starts to kick you in the face repeatedly just for going over the speed limit. I wanted to research police brutality because I had heard a lot of problems related to police brutality on the news but
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the money in her hand that she was going to use to pay for the juice. The woman who owned
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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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patterns of police brutality that systematically harasses and kills black people and other people of color with impunity…My love for humanity… enraged at systems that prevent people from flourishing and being free...my righteous anger at unjust system interpreted as hatred for individuals...more frustrating to see the oppressed suffer..those maladjusted to injustice remain silent.” Like Malcolm X‚ I don’t hate police. However‚ the actions of a few have depicted an image that police have gone from
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A major issue surrounding criminal justice agencies across the United States is police brutality and the abuse of power. There has been case after case involving police officers using excessive‚ deadly force that more often than not unjustifiable behavior. Police departments have been in hot water lately because of the actions of certain officers. As a result‚ the criminal justice system as a whole is affected by the negative and inappropriate behavior. Instead of the officers who under scrutiny
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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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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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questions later. In the present day‚ police think its alright for them to assault or kill a person. Police brutality has to end for three reasons: it’s getting worse‚ cops are getting away with it and America is just going down hill. One reason that police brutality has to stop is because it has gotten worse. Now it’s surfacing up real fast on social media. All we see is videos and pictures on media such as the internet/online‚ newspapers‚ and the television. Police brutality is not going to stop it’s actually
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Zimmerman. Mr. Zimmerman thought that he should follow Trayvon because he had on a hoodie which Zimmerman deemed suspicious. While Zimmerman was following this young man home‚ he called the police and they told him to remain in his car. Despite being told to remain in his vehicle‚ Mr. Zimmerman went against police orders and left the vehicle. When he Zimmerman his vehicle‚ he attacked Trayvon‚ which resulted in a scuffle. During that scuffle‚ Mr. Zimmerman shot Trayvon in his chest‚ which lead to his
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