Police Brutality On African-Americans Lives Imagine being black in American, walking down the street with no weapons yet you still being seen as a criminal, lawbreaker or felony in the eye of the people who are suppose to be protecting the country and never knowing when a police officers will stop you and check for weapon or drug just because of the color of your skin or the way that you have dressed? Nobody said that being African-Americans in America was going to be easy especially when you a black man in a white man country but nobody said it was going to this bad either. Brutality on African-Americans lives have been happening and the whites have been getting away with it since Emmett Till in 1955, when a young black man were killed
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Police have been getting away with murdering of innocent African-Americans’ lives for a long time and it is time that they start getting some type disciplinary action for it. The police officer will continue to murder innocent lives as long they can get away with no disciplinary action. In the article by William K. Rashbaum, he cites Mark Green stating that “ based on review of cases of police misconduct substantiated against 664 officers, Mr. Green said he found that 75 percent of the officers disciplined received insignificant penalties that he characterized as a “slap on the wrist.” No serious discipline will lead to the police officers thinking that they can continue to take these actions. The rule should apply to the police officers even if they are protecting the country. No being human have the right of way to take another human lives. If a person murder another person, the person will be sent to jail for at least 30 years to life or face a death sentence but since it is done by a police office, they can get away with it with no disciplinary action. For example, the police officer in the Jonathan Ferrell, when this police officers shot this young football player 12 times, will not receive disciplinary action because he claim it was self defense. Police officer can say it was self defense but when it keeps on happening then it can not …show more content…
Black on black gun violence have increased over several years. According to Paula Mejia, a reporter and culture writer, “Gun death in U.S. twice as much among African-Americans as caucasians”. Police officer can argue that if more African-Americans put down the gun and stayed in school and stay out of the street then that will decrease the amount of innocent African-Americans lives that are being taken. African-Americans should stay in school and get their education and stereotype that all African-Americans people are felony and criminal will come to an end. African-Americans people have the bad stereotyping but no African-American will visit a church and murder 9 innocent lives because of racism but still black people have the stereotype of being harmful or criminals. People can also argue that hiring more black police offices for the African-Americans communities so that the white police officers do not have to deal with the society that they not used to or that they do not like and that will benefits both white police officers and African-Americans
Police have been getting away with murdering of innocent African-Americans’ lives for a long time and it is time that they start getting some type disciplinary action for it. The police officer will continue to murder innocent lives as long they can get away with no disciplinary action. In the article by William K. Rashbaum, he cites Mark Green stating that “ based on review of cases of police misconduct substantiated against 664 officers, Mr. Green said he found that 75 percent of the officers disciplined received insignificant penalties that he characterized as a “slap on the wrist.” No serious discipline will lead to the police officers thinking that they can continue to take these actions. The rule should apply to the police officers even if they are protecting the country. No being human have the right of way to take another human lives. If a person murder another person, the person will be sent to jail for at least 30 years to life or face a death sentence but since it is done by a police office, they can get away with it with no disciplinary action. For example, the police officer in the Jonathan Ferrell, when this police officers shot this young football player 12 times, will not receive disciplinary action because he claim it was self defense. Police officer can say it was self defense but when it keeps on happening then it can not …show more content…
Black on black gun violence have increased over several years. According to Paula Mejia, a reporter and culture writer, “Gun death in U.S. twice as much among African-Americans as caucasians”. Police officer can argue that if more African-Americans put down the gun and stayed in school and stay out of the street then that will decrease the amount of innocent African-Americans lives that are being taken. African-Americans should stay in school and get their education and stereotype that all African-Americans people are felony and criminal will come to an end. African-Americans people have the bad stereotyping but no African-American will visit a church and murder 9 innocent lives because of racism but still black people have the stereotype of being harmful or criminals. People can also argue that hiring more black police offices for the African-Americans communities so that the white police officers do not have to deal with the society that they not used to or that they do not like and that will benefits both white police officers and African-Americans