Police Brutality is one of the major leading causes of most deaths around the nation. A famous man by the name of Malcolm X once said, “There was police brutality and there was atrocity, and the press was just as atrocious as the police. Because they helped the police to cover it up by propagating a false image across the country.” In today’s society we are faced with many different challenges of police brutality. Police brutality can mean several different things, but one of my favorite meanings for police brutality is the deliberate use of excessive force, usually physical force when dealing with civilians. There are many different ways police brutality can be betrayed. One has the verbal attacks, psychological intimidation, and several
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Abner was a Haitian immigrant who was brutally attacked and tortured. It was August 9, 1997 when a white New York police named Justin Volpe took Abner into the bathroom at the precinct house in Brooklyn and sodomized him with a broomstick. Right there with him helping assist with this the sodomizing of Louima was Charles Schwarz. When this case was taken to court Volpe stated that the reason why he did committed this atrocious act was because he THOUGHT that Louima punched him in the head outside of a nightclub (Guide). He also made mention that he wanted to humiliate Louima regardless (Guide). Volpe was sentenced to 30 years in prison and as for Schwarz he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for help assisting (Guide). Although this scared this young man for life it also brought arwareness to the ongoing pattern of New York police officers abusing black men and overstepping their authority …show more content…
Sean was out with a couple friends riding around on November 25, 2006 when NYPD detectives fired 50 times into his car. The detectives were originally supposed to investigating a Queen, New York, strip club that was allowing prostitution. Sean and his friends so happened to throw his bachelor party there. After a hostile situation accrued officer overheard Bell and his friends talking getting a gun (Guide). The officers felt if though they could prevent the shooting from happening, so they command Bell and is friend to stop driving. Bell refused to listen and kept on driving the officers (Guide). The offices then thought that they saw a gun in the so they began to open fire on Bell in his friend in the car. There was no weapon in the car with Bell and his friends. This case went to trail and three of the detectives we found not guilty on all charges in the shooting death of Sean Bell (Guide). According to the New York Times article the detective who fired 31 bullets that night stated that he made a “fair and just decision” (Wilson). This was such a horrific case, it took a total of 17 months just to reach a verdict and when the verdict was delivered the family of Sean Bell just stormed out of the courtroom
Abner was a Haitian immigrant who was brutally attacked and tortured. It was August 9, 1997 when a white New York police named Justin Volpe took Abner into the bathroom at the precinct house in Brooklyn and sodomized him with a broomstick. Right there with him helping assist with this the sodomizing of Louima was Charles Schwarz. When this case was taken to court Volpe stated that the reason why he did committed this atrocious act was because he THOUGHT that Louima punched him in the head outside of a nightclub (Guide). He also made mention that he wanted to humiliate Louima regardless (Guide). Volpe was sentenced to 30 years in prison and as for Schwarz he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for help assisting (Guide). Although this scared this young man for life it also brought arwareness to the ongoing pattern of New York police officers abusing black men and overstepping their authority …show more content…
Sean was out with a couple friends riding around on November 25, 2006 when NYPD detectives fired 50 times into his car. The detectives were originally supposed to investigating a Queen, New York, strip club that was allowing prostitution. Sean and his friends so happened to throw his bachelor party there. After a hostile situation accrued officer overheard Bell and his friends talking getting a gun (Guide). The officers felt if though they could prevent the shooting from happening, so they command Bell and is friend to stop driving. Bell refused to listen and kept on driving the officers (Guide). The offices then thought that they saw a gun in the so they began to open fire on Bell in his friend in the car. There was no weapon in the car with Bell and his friends. This case went to trail and three of the detectives we found not guilty on all charges in the shooting death of Sean Bell (Guide). According to the New York Times article the detective who fired 31 bullets that night stated that he made a “fair and just decision” (Wilson). This was such a horrific case, it took a total of 17 months just to reach a verdict and when the verdict was delivered the family of Sean Bell just stormed out of the courtroom