Arguments Against Police Brutality
Police brutality is the use of unnecessary or excessive force used when handling a civilian. It includes emotional and verbal assault or intimidation that violates a person's civil rights. Police brutality is very common in many countries all over the world especially in the news where such cases are reported. It is seen as a form of police misconduct which involves sexual abuse, police corruption, false arrests, racial profiling, and political repression. These forms of police brutality are mainly directed towards the vulnerable groups such as the poor, the weak and certain racial groups. Mueller, B. (2018, April 07) Police abuse remains one of the most serious human rights violations in the United States. Over the past decade, police
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These events do not represent all of the police brutality that has occurred, but lay out the groundwork for the problems that still exist today. The Rodney King beating was one of the first known cases of police brutality in the USA. Mueller, B. (2018, April 07) The first and one of the most famous cases in America that allowed people to see the police use excessive force. This occurred back in 1992 in Los Angeles, when a video recording where five policemen beat an unarmed African American with batons. This incident became known due the fact that all five policemen were fully justified. The public confidence in the police has fallen …show more content…
There are many different victims from all over the u.s. Trayvon Martin was one of the victims that brought police brutality to people’s attention n the year of 2012. Police Excessive Force. (n.d.). He was a seventeen year old black male that was walking home from the store when he realized that he was being followed by a strange car. At the time he was on the phone with a friend explaining everything to her. Police Excessive Force. (n.d.). He did not know whether to run or to just keep calm and continue to be normal. Zimmerman who is the killer of Trayvon, got out of the car and began to address Martin. Neighbors say they heard loud talking and one even said they heard a male yell help a numerous amount of times. Trayvon was found shot face down on the ground.. Dead! Zimmerman was told when he had called the police about seeing Trayvon around the neighborhood to leave the scene not to follow the young boy. He did anyway and in result the young boy is
These events do not represent all of the police brutality that has occurred, but lay out the groundwork for the problems that still exist today. The Rodney King beating was one of the first known cases of police brutality in the USA. Mueller, B. (2018, April 07) The first and one of the most famous cases in America that allowed people to see the police use excessive force. This occurred back in 1992 in Los Angeles, when a video recording where five policemen beat an unarmed African American with batons. This incident became known due the fact that all five policemen were fully justified. The public confidence in the police has fallen …show more content…
There are many different victims from all over the u.s. Trayvon Martin was one of the victims that brought police brutality to people’s attention n the year of 2012. Police Excessive Force. (n.d.). He was a seventeen year old black male that was walking home from the store when he realized that he was being followed by a strange car. At the time he was on the phone with a friend explaining everything to her. Police Excessive Force. (n.d.). He did not know whether to run or to just keep calm and continue to be normal. Zimmerman who is the killer of Trayvon, got out of the car and began to address Martin. Neighbors say they heard loud talking and one even said they heard a male yell help a numerous amount of times. Trayvon was found shot face down on the ground.. Dead! Zimmerman was told when he had called the police about seeing Trayvon around the neighborhood to leave the scene not to follow the young boy. He did anyway and in result the young boy is