Lopez English 101 2/26/13 Police Brutality “Police brutality is a civil rights violation that occurs when a police officer acts with excessive force by using an amount of force with regards to a civilian that is more than necessary.” Police brutality‚ a word that was first used in 1893‚ has raised many questions. Some of these are: what are the causes of police brutality‚ and what are some prevention steps we can take to avoid police brutality? Police brutality has been an increasing pandemic
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killed at the hands of police officers. Drastic changes are needed to solve the issue of police brutality. Such excessive force by police officers is very disturbing to the community. People around the country are fighting for a country where law enforcement treats all communities with dignity‚ employs restraint on the power police officers‚ and only use the necessary force to maintain the community’s safety. Over the years there have many cases involving police brutality such as the cases of Rodney
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many new things about police brutality and what motivates it. Since the early 1900’s and long before(when Richard Wright was growing up)‚ racism has been a frequent theme in America. However‚ racism has changed and evolved. Racism used to be mainly expressed explicitly‚ whereas nowadays racism has changed to being implicit. This means that people make presumptions and have prejudices about race subconsciously. Racism can range from
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is currently dealing with issues of police brutality. The ongoing Mexican Drug War has led to acts of brutality on both sides of the equation. While drug cartels are rightly condemned to their reckless disregard for human rights‚ there have been numerous incidents of Mexican police forces acting in much the same way. Further heightening the situation‚ corruption has led to some police forces acting against the public’s best interest. In Mexico‚ police brutality is focused around their corruption
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limit and a police officer catches you and he pulls you over. You pull to the side of the highway and pulls you out of your car and puts you in handcuffs and doesn’t tell you why you’re in handcuffs. Shortly after you ask him why he’s in cuffs and the cop says shut up and punches you in the gut. Then he starts to kick you in the face repeatedly just for going over the speed limit. I wanted to research police brutality because I had heard a lot of problems related to police brutality on the news but
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Bowman Honors English 11 Monday 9‚ 2015 The Injustices of Police Brutality Police brutality remains one of the most serious and divisive human rights violations in the United States today. It has become a controversial topic in our country‚ publicized by various citizens who have been victims these heinous acts. Many of these crimes occur due to racial profiling‚ in fact according to Huffington post 87% of all police brutality cases involve African Americans. A policeman’s job is to ensure
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instances of Police brutality. The same officers that have been commissioned to serve and protect‚ are instead withholding rights and assaulting the public. We are collectively witnessing a resurgence in the amount of Police related fatalities of - in most cases - unarmed people. Many of which are murdered by way of negligence‚ ignorance‚ lack of training‚ aggression or hate. Never‚ since Rodney King has there been such a push for Police conduct reformation‚ and for good reason too; Police brutality is beginning
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a victim of police brutality and being falsely accused of stealing when he was reaching for his cellphone. Quinn is a white boy who is well known for his father‚ who died serving his country. Seeing this violence around him‚ especially when the police officer responsible was his best friend’s brother‚ Quinn decides to stand up for what he believes in‚ equality. The occasion that prompted this novel is the police brutality that has been occurring all over the United States. Many police officers has
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Does race play a Role in police brutality? “Police in America are sworn to protect the citizens‚ however the last few years citizens been sickened by highly publicized accounts of public servants brutalizing men—and women—in the communities”. Police Brutality has been an uprising topic in the past years‚ because of the police having the overpower over many black citizens because of assumption of suspiciousness. Once the police feels threatened‚ they automatically shoot to protect themselves
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Police Brutality: America’s largest problem Police brutality is a very important issue that the American people need to deal with. Police brutality is now a really popular topic‚ because of cellular devices and other video recording devices. Without those devices police brutality would continue to be swept under the media’s rug. America needs to come together as one and make the United States a safer environment for all of its citizens. Police brutality can be prevented and handled by the judicial
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