the use of force by police officers and more specifically the use of excessive force. This is such an issue in the field of criminal justice because it has led to an almost anti-police movement across America‚ specifically in those areas where minorities are prominent. This issue is an issue in criminal justice due to the fact that through all of the cases of police brutality across America the public opinion towards police has been hastily decreasing and trust in the police along with it. As seen
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Literature Honors 16 December 2016 Police Brutality: A Deadly Oxymoron When the word “police” is mentioned‚ it carries on polarizing connotations and images within people. For some‚ the police are seen as heroic‚ honorable‚ and righteous people who are willing to put themselves in dangerous situations to protect the rights of citizens. Though for others‚ perceptions of the police are quite the opposite; instead of a sense of protection‚ others feel that police are a source of fear and corruption
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believes in…… or in his case sitting down. A conflict that has come to my attention is police brutality. Police brutality is the use of any force exceeding that reasonably necessary to accomplish a lawful police purpose. Therefore i will be explaining the conflict going on about police brutality in the world today. Though what goes on with the police may seem wrong you never know the other side of the story. Police brutality happens for many reasons‚ one reason is because many departments don’t provide adequate
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know as a police officer their job is protect us citizens while trying to detect and fight crime. Because that is their job we trust them to always do the right thing and do right by the law. Unfortunately that doesn’t always happen. There are hundreds of cases all around the world about police officers harming and even killing completely innocent people leaving hundreds of families with broken hearts and no answers to why an innocent life was taken daily. This is known as police brutality. Because
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Police brutality notes: http://graphs.net/police-brutality-statistics.html : 25% of all united state police officers say that they have witnessed fellow officers harassing a citizen “most likely because of his/her race” More than 10‚000 complaints of police abuse were filed only in Chicago in a time span of 2 years. Only 19 resulted in meaningful disciplinary action. Graphs.net. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2015. <http://graphs.net/ police-brutality-statistics.html>. http://www.bustle.
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People today has always take their rights seriously when it comes to police brutality. The definition of police brutality is police use of excessive or unnecessary forced by when dealing with civilians. The excessive force is used to handle a situation that is needed but sometimes can be an unnecessary to solve the situation. Police officers uses nerve gas‚ batons‚ pepper spray and guns to or physically intimidate the civilians. But the question is that should it be necessary every time or for different
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big turn in 2016 as police brutality became a bigger‚common‚
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Police Brutality Does It Exist? In general‚ police brutality does not exist‚ however there have been a lot of drama involving police officers. I believe it is because police officers can do a lot of things that are unnoticed because they’re protecting the streets from crime. In Los Angeles‚ California‚ two veteran officers were arrested because they were sexaully assaulting females that have problems‚ mainly drug addictions. Joe Nichols and Luis Valenzuela were raping girls in different locations
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Police brutality makes it hard to conduct successful patrols within the community. Depending on the person their sense of trust can be destroyed on many different levels‚ the abuse can be physical or psychological that stays with them their entire life. There have been cases far worse than the Rodney King assault often leading to torture‚ or even death that was swept under the rug (Martin‚ 2005‚ p 314). With no proof and only speculation the guilty continue their unauthorized tactics. Today people
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of police brutality generate public fear and distrust of law enforcement‚ particularly among minority communities and in areas where police misconduct has occurred in the past. Police-community tension thus may exist because of previous incidents and cultural differences that stifle understanding. Improved relations between law enforcement and citizens will restore trust in these affected communities‚ and make police efforts more effective through enhanced cooperation. Three aspects of police-community
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