Essay On Police Race

I specifically chose this article because I think that we need to look into the big picture a little harder before we make any judgments or statements regarding racism and police brutality. In today’s technological society, we have a new type of legal system, a system that makes a judgment without the use of a judge and jury. This is a type of legal system that travels through the atmosphere, across the radio waves and into our homes. The goal of this study was to examine how the public generally perceive police and how race and racism shape this discourse. It also begins by discussing the effects of racism and discrimination on Black men in America; and police brutality against Black men. The article talks about how media’s portrayals of Black men are often less than sanguine. That the mass media that has been instrumental in portraying black men as studs, super detectives, or imitation white men and has a general negative effect on how these men are regarded by others. Such characterizations can be so visceral in nature that prototypes of criminal suspects are more likely to be African-American. Black males on television and in news stories are activating preexisting stereotypes possessed by whites as opposed to facilitating their creation. It is important …show more content…
Meaning it starts with each individual to stand up for what’s right and stand up for each other. I say that because police officers operate under “color of law” that civil and human rights violations committed by officers undermine respect for law and government. And that the logical consequence of police violence and misconduct is a society ruled by the force of arms, not law. I think this article could’ve been better, if they included more personal thought and reactions forward racism and police brutality. Making it a less statistics and more