Unjustified Police Shootings
The southern region of the United States probably contains the country's most brutal authority as it was seen in the past. From a history standpoint, the southern states were big believers of discrimination. The bloodlines of those who believed still live in the southern states, carrying on their ancestors' beliefs with them.The southern region of the United States consists of Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. People in these states have endured public racial violence. Usually, law enforcement does not get penalized for their crimes of unjustified shootings and acts of physical assaults. There have
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Channel 2 Action News has stated that no fatal police shooting has made it to court from 2010, two-thirds of police cases never went to a grand jury, and of those 49 cases that made it to the grand jury, only 9 involved an indictment because the grand jury was only asked to determine if the shooting was justified or unjustified (Schrade and Peebles). A shooting involved case that received national recognition (not military related) was the death of Kathryn Johnston, a 92-year-old woman who was tragically killed by two Atlanta police officers during a botched drug raid in 2006. The officers were told by an undercover informant that he bought drugs from a dealer there named "Sam;" however, the man who claimed to be the informant said he never bought drugs at Johnston's house. The two police officers involved in the shooting pleaded guilty to manslaughter and several other charges, and a third officer was also indicted in the murder case. Authority abuses their powers upheld by the government, and in more recent cases, get prosecuted for their actions due to technology such as camera footage and social media. With the use of social media, it appears that initial force is used often, increasing the belief that officers use their power inappropriately. Too many shooting involved deaths have occurred in such a short amount of time of apprehending the suspects, leading to the thought that a thorough investigation is not conducted before using lethal
Channel 2 Action News has stated that no fatal police shooting has made it to court from 2010, two-thirds of police cases never went to a grand jury, and of those 49 cases that made it to the grand jury, only 9 involved an indictment because the grand jury was only asked to determine if the shooting was justified or unjustified (Schrade and Peebles). A shooting involved case that received national recognition (not military related) was the death of Kathryn Johnston, a 92-year-old woman who was tragically killed by two Atlanta police officers during a botched drug raid in 2006. The officers were told by an undercover informant that he bought drugs from a dealer there named "Sam;" however, the man who claimed to be the informant said he never bought drugs at Johnston's house. The two police officers involved in the shooting pleaded guilty to manslaughter and several other charges, and a third officer was also indicted in the murder case. Authority abuses their powers upheld by the government, and in more recent cases, get prosecuted for their actions due to technology such as camera footage and social media. With the use of social media, it appears that initial force is used often, increasing the belief that officers use their power inappropriately. Too many shooting involved deaths have occurred in such a short amount of time of apprehending the suspects, leading to the thought that a thorough investigation is not conducted before using lethal