Essay 2
Michael Facey
April 29, 2015
Professor Christian Heisler
ENG-103(Argument Essay) Police Brutality has become a serious topic in today’s time being that every time you turn on the TV you see them mention another act of violence from the police and since that were in 2015, cellphone cameras are being used to capture every single second of it, so it won’t become he say, she say evidence. According to Salem Press Encyclopedia, police brutality is abuses of authority that amount to serious and divisive human rights violations involving the excessive use of force that may occur in the apprehension or retention of civilians. Police brutality has become the issue of today’s time with civilians of this country; recent examples of police brutality are Eric Garner, Freddie gray, Sean Bell and it’s sad that’s there even more incidents. Police has been advised that some shootings are unjustified and wrong but they find a loophole, finding the victim to be wrong instead of the police officer. Most of the time it has been minorities that have been the victim in these incidents, and that is why police and minority groups have been having major conflicts that effects the country. I agree with this article that police brutality is a major issue and I believe that it’s wrong and need to be put to an end. In this article, race has become a major factor in this topic being that people of color tend to believe that they are targeted by their color and are the prime target for police brutality and that police most likely will be bias and make them the particular threat to go after. The relationship with minorities and police go way back due to racism existing back in the day and many other reasons but in today’s time, people of minorities are fed up with it. In this particular text they show the issue under different lights such as under prevalence, “Given the history of police brutality in the United States and the self-perpetuating nature of reputations, distrust between
April 29, 2015
Professor Christian Heisler
ENG-103(Argument Essay) Police Brutality has become a serious topic in today’s time being that every time you turn on the TV you see them mention another act of violence from the police and since that were in 2015, cellphone cameras are being used to capture every single second of it, so it won’t become he say, she say evidence. According to Salem Press Encyclopedia, police brutality is abuses of authority that amount to serious and divisive human rights violations involving the excessive use of force that may occur in the apprehension or retention of civilians. Police brutality has become the issue of today’s time with civilians of this country; recent examples of police brutality are Eric Garner, Freddie gray, Sean Bell and it’s sad that’s there even more incidents. Police has been advised that some shootings are unjustified and wrong but they find a loophole, finding the victim to be wrong instead of the police officer. Most of the time it has been minorities that have been the victim in these incidents, and that is why police and minority groups have been having major conflicts that effects the country. I agree with this article that police brutality is a major issue and I believe that it’s wrong and need to be put to an end. In this article, race has become a major factor in this topic being that people of color tend to believe that they are targeted by their color and are the prime target for police brutality and that police most likely will be bias and make them the particular threat to go after. The relationship with minorities and police go way back due to racism existing back in the day and many other reasons but in today’s time, people of minorities are fed up with it. In this particular text they show the issue under different lights such as under prevalence, “Given the history of police brutality in the United States and the self-perpetuating nature of reputations, distrust between
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