People today has always take their rights seriously when it comes to police brutality. The definition of police brutality is police use of excessive or unnecessary forced by when dealing with civilians. The excessive force is used to handle a situation that is needed but sometimes can be an unnecessary to solve the situation. Police officers uses nerve gas‚ batons‚ pepper spray and guns to or physically intimidate the civilians. But the question is that should it be necessary every time or for different
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what they are doing and others aren’t. Officer Jenkins needed his transmission fixed. Mr. Arnaud fixed it for free in gratitude of what officer Jenkins had done for his son Tony. Officer Jenkins was well aware of how pricey this job was so he was in the process of taking a loan to pay it off. When he tried he was denied. Accepting handouts for your police service is a form of corruption knows as grass-eater. I don’t believe this is corruption because officer Jenkins was just trying to help
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Police brutality has been happening numerous amount of times in America. Police brutality caused the Civil Rights around 1960s causing Martin Luther King Jr to make a speech about equality and Police Brutality to all African-Americans. He gave all races freedom and hope by making his speech about equality of races. Now the reason why I bring this up‚ is because most police are more likely to kill an unarmed African-American than an unarmed American. The percentages go high for Africans and Latinos
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the United States are the police. The citizens hold the police on a higher scale than regular civilians hold each other to. This takes places because civilians view the police in the United States on a pedestal because; they are the enforcers
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When I was young‚ I thought police officers were super heroes. From the television I watched‚ police officers were always catching criminals. However‚ as I grew older‚ I saw police officers do everything but catching criminals. As I was reading Police Discretion and Boredom: What Officers Do When There Is Nothing To Do by Scott W. Phillips‚ I came to understand that‚ as the author theorized‚ an officer’s discretionary decision making can minimize the boredom that may be associated with down time
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During my childhood‚ I used to see police officers as heroes. I remember when my brother and I used to talk about being partners‚ working together as police officers. Every time I come across an officer handcuffing someone‚ I knew that they took the “bad guys”‚ and that’s something I wanted to do. I wanted to protect others that were in harm. Of course when my mother found out I wanted to be a police officer she was not ok with it. I was still adamant about my decision‚ especially when one of my
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In any other context‚ the use of profiling may not be the most ideal way to handle everyday problems within a community. Any profiling other than behavioral that is used by state and local police departments is not only ineffective‚ it also undermines the confidence the public has in its law enforcement officers. Furthermore‚ the profiling tactics used by some of law enforcement departments also violates the civil and constitutional rights of American citizens. It is clear‚ any profiling tactics other
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Our careers are a big part of our everyday lives. Most people can come home from work and relax. But for some‚ this is not a case. A police officer’s daily responsibilities that include seeing frequent traumatic events can take a toll on their mental health. Not only does their occupation affect them‚ but it also affects their family members at home. Researchers are studying the side effects that may come with stressful occupations. The most common side effects are stress‚ anxiety‚ depression‚ and
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Officer were dispatched to 399 West Arlington Street where dispatchers relayed a message from the above caller who reported a subject armed with a gun. County dispatched the call in a very confusing manner. They initially said the caller was at 399 W Arlington St and the armed subject was outside of the said address making it seem that the caller was inside the address supplied which was later found to not be accurate. While arriving on scene dispatch advised officers that the armed subject was walking
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death. I think about how their day was going before they encounter the police;were they seeing their kids‚ going to work‚ hanging with friends? In each case the situation escalated quickly and unnecessarily. I think about how the officers felt after the shooting took place. Did they feel regret or remorse? Did they wish they did things differently? Those questions trouble me after watching the videos and seeing how the police carry on as if they didn’t take someone’s life. Seeing these news stories
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