Copwatch Abusing Police Power

There have been many incidents that police officers have done that many people see to be an abusive of power which unfortunately does happen which is why organizations such as Copwatch has risen especially in the past few years since Freddie Gray died after being arrested that many claim to be excessive force and an overall poor handling that situation, while Copwatch has been around for a while only I only found out about it last year and thought it was a good idea for more people to record the police did not give it much thought and now I know what it’s all about. The purpose of Copwatch is for the community to keep an eye out for cops who may be abusing their power and to video record a situation where someone is being arrested or to be …show more content…
While it is great to get evidence from more points of views filming cops that are standing by doing nothing wrong seems like a waste of time and should be focusing on other things that are going on around. Around 3 minutes into the video I liked what that officer had to say about his father being a cop for eighteen years then being shot, because cops put their life on the line to protect others and if a cop is in a situation with someone who is armed who may or may not use that weapon is a difficult choice to make if the person with a weapon is not cooperating and end up having …show more content…
I think the concept of Copwatch its great but the way some of the people Copwatch is not being done right and if they want to help fix the problem with the police they should start helping one another either by educating more people about what to do if a police officer arrests you so that innocent people don’t get mixed up in all the crime these police officers have to deal with, which all goes back to people who need more education so they won’t have to resort to crime to make a