the officers of the law. With the framing of police officers changing from being outstanding citizens who uphold the law‚ to vicious animals who abuse their power‚ one begins to question the reasoning for all the brutality. In
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21st century. Community policing is a system that was enacted for the police to address problems and interact with the community to keep it safe and productive. In contrast‚ the police are behaving in contradictory ways. It is important to give awareness to people about the police brutality occurring in our present day and some of the effective ways to resolve these issues. Some of the solutions to police brutality are police accountability. By mandating proper training‚ the use of body cameras to
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Police Brutality underscores the abuse of authority. Officers use strands of unreasonable attitudes of extreme measures when it is not necessary. Over time policemen have acted out in ways that demonstrate their abuse of authority‚ making this behavior now “familiar to the average citizen” (Geiselman). Unjustified shootings‚ fatal choking’s‚ severe beating’s and rough treatment have all contributed to the current problem of police brutality in America. The fact of the matter is that most of these
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negative effects of police brutality‚ how African Americans are still divided in education‚ and why African American unemployment is twice the rate of whites. Wright would include the negative effects of police brutality because it has caught the attention of our community this past decade due to the technology we now possess. According to the article “Racial profiling has destroyed public trust in police. Cops or exploiting our weak laws against it” by Ranjana Natarajan‚ police brutality continues to happen
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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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Police Brutality 1 Running Head: Police Brutality Police Brutality: How can we overcome it? Nijah Doss HarrisStowe State University Have the police ever harassed you or do you get nervous just being around them because you think they’re targeting you next? In America for the last 20 years‚ African Americans and Latinos have dealt with unfair police treatment from beatings‚ being tasered‚ and even taken to prison just because of their skin color. This is not serving justice
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Ta-Nehisi Coates tell stories and lessons to his only son primarily about race and the violence and injustice that come with it. The second part begins to discuss the topic of police brutality against Black people. Coates tells the reader and his son the story of how his friend Prince Jones was shot and killed by a police officer. Prince was black and so was the officer that shot him. But Coates argues that the officer’s race doesn’t mean anything‚ nothing about the officer really has any significance
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here on earth with you. No more ‚ long conversations ‚ hugs ‚ kisses or even his presence. Police are taking advantage of their badges and guns. They have the ability to belittle Black men because of their skin color. Then they turn around and murder them. Taking them away from their loved ones. Not thinking twice about pulling that trigger because they have so much hatred in their hearts. Police brutality is an issue for many States and Cities. People don’t feel comfortable in their homes and neighborhoods
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Police Brutality is defined as the use of excessive or unnecessary force by police when dealing with civilians. What the dictionary does not state is that lives are lost‚ families are ripped apart‚ and innocent people are killed every year. Officers are made to enforce the law‚ and protect the citizens from harmful situations‚ not to use force indiscriminately in situations that could be managed in many other ways. The topic of police brutality needs to be brought up more as a situation that needs
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A rising problem in our world today is police brutality. It is happening everywhere and little to nothing is being done to stop it. Then what is being done to help is being undone by rival movements‚ damaging media coverage‚ and violence against innocent people. The “Black Lives Matter“ movement was created to bring awareness to the atrocities facing the African American population today. But due to the reasons mentioned previously‚ their efforts aren’t doing much or anything to help‚ and as more
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