Introduction: The Police Department has a duty to protect and serve in the public ’s best interest. Working in this particular profession‚ at times‚ can be very dangerous. Many men and women who wear the police uniform are put into positions where excessive force is necessary; however‚ there are many instances where it is not. Causes of Police Brutality: The factors that trigger into whether police abuse their power are race‚ religion‚ socioeconomic status‚ and treatment of the mentally
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results of police brutality and how racial profiling and racism is closely tied with it. This dissertation also tests the arguments that racism is non-existent in the present day. By researching further into these topics‚ information was collected and presents the Michael Brown (Ferguson) case as a major reason why these issues need to be addressed and fixed once and for all. Although we may think racism has slightly decreased within the past few decades‚ police brutality
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and Police Brutality – Rough Draft There are many injustices that happen in the world. These injustices‚ more often than not‚ inflict some sort of suffering and pain on someone or a group of people. Throughout organized religion‚ there is a common motif of suffering. Many are taught that suffering‚ like most pains in the world‚ is inevitable. Nevertheless‚ many will concur that injustices in the world should be eliminated for the benefit of those encountering the injustice and those who would be
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Police brutality is a major and colossal problem that plagues the United States on a daily basis. Not only does it affect the citizens and people that the cases happen to‚ but it affects their family when he or she is put into the Criminal Justice system. The headlines in the news that grab the most attention is for police brutality and how much punishment was afflicted on the suspect before he or she stopped resisting to the police officer. In a study regarding police brutality cases conducted by
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that I chose the topic on police brutality was that it is a serious problem that is still happening nowadays. Police brutality has been happening for many years and still people have not done anything to help stop police brutality. Some police officers take advantage of their power which can lead to injuries and even death at times. Police brutality is a serious problem because many people of diverse ethnicities have gone through a type of police brutality. Police brutality can be considered many different
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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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What goes through your mind when you hear the word racism? To many people racism is the belief of someone’s physical characteristics is better than the other race’s characteristics. What racism brings is division and elimination of another race. Racism has been a huge part of history from egyptians enslaving Jewish people to America being divided to end enslavement. Racism took a great turning point when Martin Luther King Jr. fought for black people around America for equality and help inspired
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How Can We Prevent Incidents of “Police Brutality‚” Such As in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner Cases? In today’s society‚ many things are developing and changing‚ such as strategies in law enforcement‚ as well as what is important to cover on media and whether it is the full story or not to gain more popularity on that broadcast. There has been an uprise in the amount of cases involving police officers shooting someone without probable cause‚ physically assaulting someone‚ etc. that is being
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Even though the police force is doing all they can to resolve the situation‚ police misconduct is still a major problem in the United States because many innocent people have been wrongfully accused and even died at the hands of careless police officers who abuse their authority. One case claims that “A South Side police commander and his officers tortured black suspects into confessing to crimes they didn’t commit.” (Webber) This is a perfect example as it shows how police were abusing their authority
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Police Brutality in NYC Police brutality is the use of excessive physical force‚ including beating citizens with hands or batons‚ or using guns‚ and even lethal weapons. For the vast majority of citizens‚ this is something they never have experienced. Many police officers go their entire careers without ever having to draw their weapon or even engage in a serious physical confrontation in order to protect themselves or the public from an offender. A very small percentage of law enforcement
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