How and why do police abuse their power of authority through Excessive Force, False Arrest, Malicious Prosecution, Unreasonable Search, and Tampering with the rights of Pre-trial Detainees? They are many different ways in which a police officer can abuse their power of authority; some of them abuse their authority by making false arrest, using too much force when trying to arrest someone, searching someone without a warrant or the person permission, this has been going on for years its becoming an American problem because the people that should be protecting us are the people who we are most afraid of and that should never be the case in a society.
Excessive Force is a hard thing for the courts to place judgment upon because it can be looked …show more content…
For example, an armed bank robber yells at the customers to get down on the floor, threatening to shoot them if they try to leave. Since they know they might be killed if they try to leave, they are being held against their will. The captive bank customers may be able to claim damages, and the bank robber may be charged with the crime of false imprisonment. Even the police may be charged with false imprisonment if they exceed their authority. False imprisonment might be one of the bigger problems that law enforcement face today, because at some times the only thing cops get after a crime was committed are description of a person what they are wearing and they body build from the radio and have to find a suspect matching that description, this can lead the cops into arresting someone who fit that description but who also did not necessary committed that crime. Then there is other cases in which cops arrest people without warrants but did not see that person committed a crime which should not be done unless a deep investigation is on its way. Some arrest that are not done right can be found as false arrest and its illegal which can then lead the victim to follow through with a law sue or can also find a police report to get that officer lock up for false imprisonment, to arrest someone the cop have to make sure they have a warrant or make sure they got a call about someone committing a crime and catch them in the
Excessive Force is a hard thing for the courts to place judgment upon because it can be looked …show more content…
For example, an armed bank robber yells at the customers to get down on the floor, threatening to shoot them if they try to leave. Since they know they might be killed if they try to leave, they are being held against their will. The captive bank customers may be able to claim damages, and the bank robber may be charged with the crime of false imprisonment. Even the police may be charged with false imprisonment if they exceed their authority. False imprisonment might be one of the bigger problems that law enforcement face today, because at some times the only thing cops get after a crime was committed are description of a person what they are wearing and they body build from the radio and have to find a suspect matching that description, this can lead the cops into arresting someone who fit that description but who also did not necessary committed that crime. Then there is other cases in which cops arrest people without warrants but did not see that person committed a crime which should not be done unless a deep investigation is on its way. Some arrest that are not done right can be found as false arrest and its illegal which can then lead the victim to follow through with a law sue or can also find a police report to get that officer lock up for false imprisonment, to arrest someone the cop have to make sure they have a warrant or make sure they got a call about someone committing a crime and catch them in the