Police Brutality Issues

Social justice issues occur in every “nook and cranny” of the earth. I believe that these issues are typically results of disproportional wealth and resources, unjust treatment of individuals in regards, but not limited, to race, age, sexual orientation, and/or religion. A social problem that relates to social justice, and is prevalent today in the United States, would be police brutality. Police brutality can be viewed as the deliberate use of exaggerated force by a police officer, which oftentimes results in bloodshed, bruises, broken bones, disfigurement and lately, in death. The fact of the matter is that most of these incidents are either “swept under the rug” or covered up. There is and have always been a blatant impunity and little to …show more content…
Therefore, the second solution would be to have police officers get involved in the communities that they are working in and establish rapport with the community members. By getting involved and establishing rapport, officers would be able to regain the trust of those community members that has dissolved over the course of the Rodney King, Mike Brown, Oscar Grant, Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray, Tamir Rice and the other cases of police brutality. The last solution to reducing police brutality would be to hold police officers and their respective departments, accountable. Holding both the police officers and departments accountable would insinuate the necessary changes across police enforcement. It is much harder to fix problems of police brutality unless one is fully clear about the extent of the issue. Therefore, small steps should be taken to provide the structure that would ultimately encourage officers to grasp the concept of …show more content…
I would become actively involved with advocating for reformation of police departments and their organizational systems to challenge the injustices of police brutality against minorities and those with mental health challenges. Secondly, I would allocate my time to volunteer to perform community outreach to raise public awareness and lobby for laws to be implemented to decrease police brutality. Lastly, when addressing police enforcement on a large scale, I would approach the topic of police brutality by treating each member of that department with respect and being mindful of the cultural and individual differences and views in order to enhance the capacity of accountability to promote