Brutality and misconduct against our minority population has been a controversial social and political issue which dates back to slavery. Incidents of police brutality sparked riots in desperately impoverished communities throughout the 1970s and 1980s (US Commission on Civil Rights 1983). Civil rights protest also brought with them an immense amount of violence from southern police departments whom were retaliating against equal rights for African Americans. In an attempt to silence protestors from carrying out their First Amendment right, officers violently beat citizens with wooden clubs and batons some were sprayed with powerful firehoses while others were attacked by police canines. In the famous “I Have a Dream” speech, Dr. King addresses
