What Are The Arguments Against Police Brutality

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If I could fight against something, it would have to be police brutality. I say police brutality because this is something that has been going on for so much time. It is not right that police officers are murdering innocent people, and giving the excuse that they felt threatened. Police are only murdering people of color when they have done nothing wrong. For example, Oscar Grant was an african american male who was killed by a white policeman. Oscar was handcuffed on the floor, when the officer shot him in the back. The officer received hardly any charges. This is just one of the many acts of police using their power against the community. What makes people the angriest is not all the murder. The murder is one part but also when the officer

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