Police Use Of Force

Police use of force is something used by law enforcement to contain and control the situation. Use of force has been frowned upon throughout the history of the United States. There have been many situations that citizens think could have been handled differently and the use of force was to much or excessive. Throughout the history of the United States there have been a different take on the use of force by police. Many citizens think that it is nessasary for police to use their discretion when choosing how ruff they should be on the suspect. While others believe that it should be minimal depending on the situation, for example and if man has a weapon, deadly force may be needed to contain the situation and save the officers life but if they
The first would be being vocal to the suspect that includes yelling and commanding the suspect to stop what they are doing. The second would be using only your body whether it's the officers physical strength or patting the suspect down with their hands. The third is the use of non lethal weapons, this includes everything from batons, tasers, or chemicals. Lastly is the use of deadly force, this is intended to cause death of injury to the suspect. The often problem when officers use deadly force, with the many cameras that are around now, cause a backlash from citizens claiming that a non lethal weapon could have been used to subdue the suspect. Police officers over the United States do not follow the same standard of the use of force. This has caused a lot of backlash throughout the United States and even calling for a national police force in some cases.After the death of Freddie Gray, Al Sharpton stated “There must be national policy and national law on policing, We can’t go from state to state, we’ve got to have national law to protect people against these continued
During this time the use of force by police officers during the riot came into question. The officers used tear gas and rubber bullets on citizens during while the protesters were slowly turning into rioters. The rioters soon turned into looters which in turn caused business to be ruined and started on fire. The used of forced needed by this time is indicated by the actions of the looters and whether they are causing harm to others or police officers. The officers intended to keep the it peaceful and non-violent until the safety of themselves and others were put at risk. The use of force by police officers during the riots has caused them be to sued by mulitple people. A 23 year old man who was a protester states that he was shoot many times with rubber bullets while filming the police.

Use of force within law enforcement is used to control and try to contain the suspect or situation. The United States have gone through many problems with trying to find a middle ground and the correct use of force. There have been problems with the correct use of force even when weapons are not used like the unfortuante death of Eric Garner who was killed by a illegal chock hold in New York. Although, this is an obvious problem within the law enforcement in the United States, there has been no clear solution to the problem. Many have