Essay On Black Community Policing

The practices used in the US Criminal Justice system have been considered controversial, and they’ve had disproportionate effects for the Black community. Black people have unfortunately been subjected to criminalization, and overwhelmingly represent a large percentage of those under the criminal justice system. One of the controversies that have arisen between the criminal justice system and the Black community, is the excessive amount of policing that has led to police brutality. Not only is over policing problematic, but it is the type of policing that has led to the myth of black criminality. However, to eradicate society’s view that Black people are somehow prone to be criminals we must first alleviate not only the amount but the type of policing. Black community control over police would be a criminal justice policy that would improve, not only the state of Black people in the US but would be a step for true justice and fairness for all. …show more content…
This policy would seek to address the styles of policing in New York, in particular New York City has increased their use of technology, increased police force, and adopted community policing strategies. Nonetheless, New York had the biggest drop of crime rates in the US and the changes in policing attributed to lowering crime rates but the results caused other problematic issues (Levitt, ). The style of policing brought in more people into criminal justice system and added harsher sentencing. Consequently, its resulted in mass incarceration that disproportionately targets the Black community and emphasizes the myth of Black criminality. Through this style of policing, it has created the destruction of Black communities, it destroyed black lives, their careers, and