Minority Police Brutality in Major Cities of the United States Since the first state-sponsored police forces in the U.S. racial discrimination in police forces has been a characteristic of the American landscape. Racial profiling and police brutality have their roots in enforcement of slave codes‚ black codes‚ and Jim Crow Segregation laws. We Charge Genocide‚ a petition submitted to the UN by the Civil Rights Congress in 1951‚ documented thousands of incidents of police violence against African
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Law Enforcements Cross The Line “It begins with a relatively minor incident: A traffic stop. A burglary. A disturbance. Police arrive and tensions escalate. It ends with an unarmed black man shot dead” (Somashekhar). Already a total of‚”896 people shot dead by police this year” ("Investigation: Police shootings"). The 31 of which were of a weapon unknown‚ which means‚”could not determine whether a person was armed because of conflicting accounts from witnesses or a lack of information‚” (Somashekhar)
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Police Brutality Does It Exist? In general‚ police brutality does not exist‚ however there have been a lot of drama involving police officers. I believe it is because police officers can do a lot of things that are unnoticed because they’re protecting the streets from crime. In Los Angeles‚ California‚ two veteran officers were arrested because they were sexaully assaulting females that have problems‚ mainly drug addictions. Joe Nichols and Luis Valenzuela were raping girls in different locations
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results of police brutality and how racial profiling and racism is closely tied with it. This dissertation also tests the arguments that racism is non-existent in the present day. By researching further into these topics‚ information was collected and presents the Michael Brown (Ferguson) case as a major reason why these issues need to be addressed and fixed once and for all. Although we may think racism has slightly decreased within the past few decades‚ police brutality
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Police brutality notes: http://graphs.net/police-brutality-statistics.html : 25% of all united state police officers say that they have witnessed fellow officers harassing a citizen “most likely because of his/her race” More than 10‚000 complaints of police abuse were filed only in Chicago in a time span of 2 years. Only 19 resulted in meaningful disciplinary action. Graphs.net. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2015. <http://graphs.net/ police-brutality-statistics.html>. http://www.bustle.
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What causes police brutality‚ and why are minority citizens the primary victims? The U.S. History Encyclopedia defines police brutality as the use of any force exceeding that reasonably necessary to accomplish a lawful police purpose. Most brutality began during strikes in the late 1800’s‚ early 1900’s. The strikes involved African Americans speaking out for their rights as citizens of the United States. Police brutality is one of the seven forms of police misconduct‚ the others being: false arrest
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heard of police brutality. The cases are all the same; an african american citizen was killed by a cop for “no reason.” Well‚ the truth is‚ most cops are not these racist‚ Ku Klux Klan members we think picture them to be. Media is the real villain‚ twisting words and adding in extra details to these stories. Overall‚ the media is framing the cops into being the bad guys‚ and unfortunately‚ the strangers we should trust most are being visualized as the bad guys. “COMMERCIAL is the main problem here
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Police brutality is a phenomenon that has stood the test of time and it is the culprit to igniting many passionate debates across the United States. The term "police brutality" was in use in the United States as early as 1872‚ when the Chicago Tribune reported on the beating of a civilian under arrest at the Harrison Street Police Station (1872)‚ and more recently when the CBS news reported that an officer was caught on video violently taking down a citizen (2017). The police have had an extensive
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The Reality of Police Brutality. “With Honour We Serve. Our vision is to help make Queensland a safe and secure place to live‚ visit and do business. Our purpose is to deliver quality policing services 24 hours a day.” Law Enforcement Officers are employed to enforce the law and to protect society. However‚ with every article in the newspaper or program on the television‚ which takes the public’s side in a Police Brutality case; Police Officers gradually lose their power to protect Society.
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Literature Honors 16 December 2016 Police Brutality: A Deadly Oxymoron When the word “police” is mentioned‚ it carries on polarizing connotations and images within people. For some‚ the police are seen as heroic‚ honorable‚ and righteous people who are willing to put themselves in dangerous situations to protect the rights of citizens. Though for others‚ perceptions of the police are quite the opposite; instead of a sense of protection‚ others feel that police are a source of fear and corruption
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