Police brutality is a phenomenon that has stood the test of time and it is the culprit to igniting many passionate debates across the United States. The term "police brutality" was in use in the United States as early as 1872‚ when the Chicago Tribune reported on the beating of a civilian under arrest at the Harrison Street Police Station (1872)‚ and more recently when the CBS news reported that an officer was caught on video violently taking down a citizen (2017). The police have had an extensive
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Introduction: The Police Department has a duty to protect and serve in the public ’s best interest. Working in this particular profession‚ at times‚ can be very dangerous. Many men and women who wear the police uniform are put into positions where excessive force is necessary; however‚ there are many instances where it is not. Causes of Police Brutality: The factors that trigger into whether police abuse their power are race‚ religion‚ socioeconomic status‚ and treatment of the mentally
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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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Police Are Not The Problem Every human being is a victim of racism at some point in his or her life. Some do not even know they are victims of it. The epitome of racism these days seems to be in the form of police brutality. It is said that police brutality happens extremely too often in low-income areas as well as medium to high-income areas. According to an Article by the TNO Staff of The New Observer: Far More Whites Killed by Police‚ more whites are actually killed by police than other races
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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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Police brutality has become a hot topic in several states around the country. Several grass root movements have begun to pop up. The majority of people view police officers as “heroes” ; However then realize that‚ that isn’t always the case. Sadly‚ all police action is being questioned‚ officers are also questioning each other. Several police officers have a mentality that makes them believe that they’re above the law and feel a sense of authority over society. They demand respect from civilians
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Police brutality has been happening numerous amount of times in America. Police brutality caused the Civil Rights around 1960s causing Martin Luther King Jr to make a speech about equality and Police Brutality to all African-Americans. He gave all races freedom and hope by making his speech about equality of races. Now the reason why I bring this up‚ is because most police are more likely to kill an unarmed African-American than an unarmed American. The percentages go high for Africans and Latinos
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big turn in 2016 as police brutality became a bigger‚common‚
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