1 Police Abuse Hope Hagan Saint Leo University Michael Singer Word count: 1691 Police Abuse Police brutality is the excessive‚ unreasonable use of force against citizens‚ suspects‚ and offenders. A study showed that most citizens complained against police officers because of the use of profanity and abusive language towards them‚ the use of commands to move on or get home‚ stopping and questioning people on the street or searching them and their cars without probable cause‚ the use of threats
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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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Over the past decade‚ police brutality has covered major headlines because officers have acted out in ways that have made citizens question their motives. The Law Dictionary defines police brutality as “the use of excessive and/or unnecessary force by police when dealing with civilians”. Things such as unjustified shootings‚ deadly chokings‚ and rough treatment have all added to the constant problem of police brutality mainly‚ in the black community. Annoyingly‚ the police officers responsible for
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Police Brutality What do you think when you hear about police brutality? It’s a social problem because many people don’t agree with the way police deal with suspects. Bad cops make wrong choices that cause violence but not all cops are abusive. I understand that some criminals resist on doing what they are told to do. The police have to do their job and control the criminal with force. If the criminal gets away then people will start complaining that the police didn’t do his job. If the delinquent
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DONT USE THIS: - RAW UNFINISHED Police Brutality‚ is not only an American issue‚ it is a world-wide problem. Police brutality has been going on since the late 1800’s and is getting worse every year. Police brutality is caused by so many things‚ race‚ boredom‚ power insecurity‚ life problems. The same reasons we get angry in life‚ but they chose to abuse people because they are the only gang who can get away with it. Police is the largest gang of all‚ most organized‚ and the most manipulative.
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the news. What is it? Living in the United States‚ a lot of cases in today’s society are Police Brutality. Police Brutality remains the most critical and divisive human rights violation in the United States of America. We are supposed to trust the police to protect us‚ not take advantage and abuse the power‚ we‚ the people‚ have invested in them. The immoderate use of police brutality continues because police don’t know how to de-escalate‚ most cops face no disciplinary threats‚ and because there
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vs. Police Brutality Tamir E. Rice. Michael Brown Jr. Eric Garner. How many more unarmed minorities have to be unjustly murdered before someone starts to listen? The problem is not the community. The problem is not the peaceful protests that police have transformed into a vicious assault on the very people they are trained to serve and protect. The problem lies along the roots of law enforcement‚ the system itself. Police brutality against unarmed people of color is the sole fault of police officers
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riots and protests were happening all over the country. The reason behind these riots‚ and protests is police brutality towards the african-american community. Even though people don’t think so there is still a lot of racial discrimination going on in today’s society‚ where black people are being killed for no reason. So Slice got dressed and headed to school where this topic of police brutality had been on his mind all day. For some reason‚ when his teacher Ms.VanZegeren said the class needed to
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Issues involving the police can clearly be seen by the American citizens on news channels and on social media. These issues bring about a great amount of debate and conflict of two opposing ideas about what is perceived as right and wrong as well as good and bad. However‚ if one is to look at the issue of police brutality and compare it to other issues that America is facing‚ he or she can see a reoccurring pattern of human behavior among them. It seems as though it has become a common occurrence
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The author(s) shown below used Federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Justice and prepared the following final report: Document Title: Curbing Police Brutality: What Works? A Reanalysis of Citizen Complaints at the Organizational Level‚ Final Report Liqun Cao Ph.D. 192518 Author(s): Document No.: Date Received: Award Number: February 09‚ 2002 98-IJ-CX-0064 This report has not been published by the U.S. Department of Justice. To provide better customer service‚ NCJRS has made
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