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    Do police officers see minorities differently than white people? There have been many incidents of police officers abusing their use of power against minorities. In the past‚ police officers used excessive force during events such as‚ the civil rights protests in the 60s‚ the beating of Rodney King in 1991‚ and the 1992 L.A riots. However‚ recent events (death of Sandra Bland‚ Trayvon Martin‚and Michael Brown) have sparked questions of whether police officers are racist towards minorities. Despite

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    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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    Corine Lightner POL 140 Essay #1 (Ch. 3 & 4) Dominant-Minority Relations In the early years of the United States‚ dominant-minority relations were shaped by the agrarian technology and the economic need to control land and labor. The agrarian era ended in the 1800s‚ and the U.S. has gone through two major transformations in subsistence technology since‚ each of which has transformed dominant-minority relations and required the creation of new structures and processes to maintain racial stratification

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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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    At the same time‚ the government of the US‚ having passed the transitional stage long ago‚ is alarmed by the same issue of police brutality against minority citizens. While the Indian government excessively intervenes in the police conduct‚ in some countries‚ such as in the US‚ this is not the case (Chevigny‚ 2008‚ p. 1617). Since the country is ruled by the voice of the majority‚ this group of people has a certain control over politicians. The latter‚ especially the president of the US‚ represent

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    CONTEMPORARY POLICE PROBLEMS Some critiques have said that a small percentage of law enforcement officers who are responsible for the misdeeds of the organization that have brought public criticism upon them. This very fact makes the indifference of police heads to the situation all the more reprehensible subject to criticism. Generally‚ when the police administrators are bought to task for permitting improper practices and misbehavior to continue‚ they are quick to blame political interference

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    Strengthening Relations Between Police and Minority Communities Ensuring accountability for effective policing in Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods S C H I C A G O R P E C I A L P O L I C E E P O R T D E P A R T M E N T Strengthening Relations Between CPD’s Goal: The Best Service Possible Progress Thus Far As he began his third year as the top cop in Chicago‚ Police Superintendent Terry Hillard took time to

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    policing‚ police-community relations are essential for effective policing‚ however; in many cities‚ the relationship between the police and the community is strained and even volatile. The term police-community relations refers to the relationship between the community and the police‚ it “consists of both human and public relations” (Cox 279). For the police to have a productive role in society‚ the police must receive a level of reciprocity from the community to strive for better relations between

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    Police Brutalizing Racial Minorities Police brutality and racial profiling has been the talk of the century. Dating back to the Civil Rights Movement‚ minorities have been treated as inferiors to the white race; even post Civil Rights Movement‚ minorities have yet to be treated as complete equals in the United States of America. In the past decade‚ police brutality and racial profiling have made the front page of many news articles and news channels. Law enforcement officers should incorporate using

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    Differences Between Police Public Relations Programs and Police-Community Relations Programs Police-Community Relations programs and Police Public Relations programs are similar in many ways‚ but not are not identical or interchangeable‚ according to Barker‚ and Hunter in 2011. Police-Community Relations is a philosophy of police administration‚ which seeks to involve community and police in ongoing decision making concerning policies which impact both. Police Public Relations programs involve broader

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