The recent police shootings which have taken place across America‚ and the fabrications stirred up by many mainstream media publications like CNN and MSNBC have led many Americans to be ambivalent towards law enforcement officers‚ and to wonder if‚ in fact the majority of cops are racist or hold racial biases towards minorities. Many who lead this argument state the hackneyed phrase “Black Lives Matter” and form rallies and protests‚ which have led to violent riots in several cities like Dallas‚
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However‚ it was discovered often marked by apparent errors and biases. People make quick judgment based on their past experiences‚ hence at times leading to tragic endings. The Amadou Diallo case study was an example of the tragic error which was made by four New York City Police officers. The police shooting of an unarmed man was an act of automatic inferences which happens when people use mental shortcuts to simplify the amount of information they receive from the environment. Automatic thinking
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Amadou Diallo A Case of Racial Profiling On the night of February 4th 1999 something shocked the world and nothing would be the same. Amadou Diallo‚ an unarmed and innocent African immigrant was shot to death. 41 bullets hailed upon the poor man by police officers. Right outside of his home New York Police Departments Crime Unit killed him. Half of the police officers said to put his hands up and the other half said to show ID. Not knowing what to do Amadou decided to take out his wallet. The
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Introduction From the early days of slavery‚ through segregation during the fight for civil rights to the seemingly recent gain in officer involved shootings‚ which may be attributed to advancements in technology‚ African Americans have a long history of experiencing police brutality in America. The rise of social media coupled with new technologies allow us to view many of these incidents for ourselves‚ often causing social unrest amongst other issues in many minority communities. However‚ many
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around 715 people that have been shot by police alone in 2016. Police violence in the US has become a major point of interest recently due to the amount of shootings. In recent news there have been many reports of police shooting and/or killing black men‚ which has led to movements such as the black lives matter movement‚ a movement working for the validity of black lives. Although there are points made to support both sides of the story‚ I feel that the police are to blame for the recent amount of
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the problem not being brought to light; not police’s justified shootings. Police do not unfairly target minorities. Some say that police shootings are unjustified. While it is true that some police attack people unfairly‚ it is not fair to say that all shootings are unjustified. Police get a call and they chase after the criminal in question or whoever fits the description of the call. After they have located the criminal‚ the police attempt to arrest and when the person being detained resists arrest
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08 May 2015 How Many Police Shootings Really Occur? In the United States‚ the public tends to keep track of a lot of things. They have data on how many pigs and hogs are in the United States. The government has data on how many people have been victims of shark attacks that were humanly provoked in 2010. So why can the public not have data on how many people have been killed by police officers in the United States? Is the problem with society‚ or is it with the police force? There are many questions that need to be
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Racial prejudice by police is becoming alarmingly out of control as state by state African Americans men are gunned down in city streets throughout the USA. During the past year‚ there have been major controversies and civil unrest surrounding the number of minorities murdered by law enforcement without cause or reason. Keith Childress was killed in Las Vegas on December 31‚ 2015. Police explanation for the shooting was the victim had something in his hand and they thought it was a gun. The assumed
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back to prison he decided to make a run for it. What should have been a simple DUI and driving over the speed limit turned into one of the nation’s most controversial police brutality cases ever. It sparked riots and the killing of over 50 people and millions of dollars in property
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religion is sacred. This complete disregard for a person’s way of worship is the exact thing that happened to all slaves. The interesting part to this specific slave is that the people who took him were completely off in their first impression of Diallo. Diallo came from an upper class of family. His parents were Muslim merchants and he was educated to be one as well. If he lived in America or Europe and was a different skin color he would be a respected citizen. This vast difference in the way these
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