When someone deviates from their sense of self, it results in them undermining the value of the core belief and viewing the event or person that caused the dissonance more favorably. Since police killings make people feel dissonance, they are more likely to view the officers in a positive light. Another way people can deny dissonance, is by overvaluing the traits and values they have upheld in an attempt to paint themselves as a good, morally righteous person. Police are a core part of our society and most people do not want to consider that they could be corrupt. This would shake their sense of safety, their core values in society, and the sense of justice and loyalty they …show more content…
Asch’s conformity study made participants tell differences in length of lines when the majority answered incorrectly. These people did not receive any explanation why the majority disagreed and it dealt with an issue that was unimportant. Confusion would have been an issue and it is “hard to act independently when things don’t make sense”. People actively construe and act in response to their subjective interpretation of the experience. It is imperative to imagine oneself in the experiment to understand why someone would not have spoken up. Asch’s study also demonstrates the willingness of people to conform to save their reputation in groups. This can help us gain insight to why people ignore or support brutality. Constant messages of black violence from the media, lack of coverage for years on police violence, and societies’ perception of police as pillars of the community all influence these false mindsets. Since these beliefs have been built on for years, it must be very confusing to hear about reports of police violence that has gotten recent attention. Not trusting the police in a world constructed by the media as dangerous and volatile would also leave them exposed and