literature on police use of force has grown over the past four decades‚ limited attention within this body of work has focused on injuries sustained by suspects and officers during these encounters. The deadly force literature has examined the patterns and characteristics of police shootings and resulting fatalities‚ which represents analysis of the most extreme injury to suspects In addition‚ other researchers have examined the patterns and characteristics of encounters that result in police deaths in
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Public Criticism of Police Shootings The nature of police work can be one of stress and long‚ hard working hours in which police officers deal with many types of situations that endanger themselves and their fellow officers. The fact that many people do not trust‚ appreciate‚ or support the police department is a terrible result of the public being taught to hate them. They do not like the police presence and the authority that the police have over them. Once a police officer shoots a suspect
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penalized for their crimes of unjustified shootings and acts of physical assaults. There have
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Police Shootings Are Getting Out of Control “Police killings are beginning to get out of control”‚ is what many people are saying. We shouldn’t have to say that‚ in fact‚ it shouldn’t be something that is happening in the first place. Whether it was justified‚ or not‚ things need to change. There are too many unjustified police shootings. Something needs to be done. We can’t just sit here‚ waiting for another shooting. I feel like these officers need to be brought to justice. I’m taking the position
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In the cases of the government officials may use firearms for various reasons‚ such as to remind and to protect public safety from suspects or even to protect the officers themselves‚ the officers need to be armed with the pistol. The officers have only short time to ponder before the first shooting and it will be resulted to the suspects. In some cases‚ if they have decided to shoot‚ it may result to fatal suspects and non-suspects too‚ this may be innocent. Therefore‚ the first shooting‚ it is
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Opinion paper police shoot My opinion on police shootings is they are just trying to do their job. Their job is to protect the people and property which if it takes shooting someone that is not following the demands of the officer then that is what they should do. The research shows that most gunfights accrue at about three-six feet apart from the officer to the inflictor. Police have a job that could get them killed‚ so when they see someone reach in their pocket or for something they will be extremely
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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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today’s society‚ there has been an escalation of reports involving police officers using deadly force on unarmed suspects. Almost every day news channels are reporting on incidents that involve deadly police shootings. News reports have a major impact on how police officers are perceived by the public‚ leading police officers to be thought of as killers. According to the Washington Post‚ 793 people have been shot and killed by police. Some may question how accurate this number is‚ due to the fact
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Philando Castile was fatally shot four times by a US officer. His name was the 99th name of black males who were victims of police shootings in 2016. In 2015‚ 249 black males were shot. Since the start of 2017‚ 178 black males have been shot. (THE WASHINGTON POST DATABASE). A reoccurring trend is the disproportionate number of black males that are involved in police shootings‚ compared to their white counterpart. It is estimated that blacks are about 2.5 times more likely to get shot than whites (The
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Police pinned down Alton Sterling to the ground when he was selling CDs outside a Baton Rouge convenience store in Louisiana on Tuesday after receiving a tip from an anonymous caller on 911 about Sterling pointing his gun at someone. As Sterling lay immobile‚ the police shot him several times. In the video released on Youtube‚ one of the police officers is seen yelling‚ "He’s got a gun!" After a few seconds‚ Sterling is shot by the cops. Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman Cpl. L’Jean McKneely
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