The civil rights movement was a massive movement to secure the basic rights and privileges for African American citizens. This movement began in 1954 and ended in 1968. The civil rights movement was important because it passed the civil rights act which made it illegal to separate by race. This movement also gave African Americans the right to vote. During the civil rights movement there was multiple accounts of police brutality like unleashing the dogs, spraying civilians with water hoses coming from fire hydrants, and beating citizens , predominantly people of color. Police brutality is the use of unnecessary or excessive force by police officers ( S. Danilina) and excessive force by a law enforcement officers(s) is a violation of of a person's
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The 8th amendment states that excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted , which means that this amendment is protecting Americans against excessive punishments. So if these punishments are cruel and unusual which again are against the 8th amendment in the constitution and excessive force is the violation of a person's constitutional rights , which is illegal. Shouldn’t more cops who abuse their power as an officer and ensures police brutality be locked behind bars. There are so many cases then and now like, for example, the Rodney King case in 1991 when the officers that were indicted with excessive force were later …show more content…
It wasn’t okay during the civil rights movement when you could see your friends and family on television being beaten and sprayed with water like animals and just like then the media created this image of African Americans being a threat to society which may be the reason why history seems to constantly repeat itself because there has always been a attitude towards men of color and slavery and race separation shows that so as you can see that whole scenario is occurring today , it may not be exact but it is being mimicked in today's society. Not only does the media’s negative deception of the public contribute to police brutality but covering of the law also contributes to this problem. By covering of the law I mean finding ways to get out of the crime that they just committed. There has been to many cases that involve
The 8th amendment states that excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted , which means that this amendment is protecting Americans against excessive punishments. So if these punishments are cruel and unusual which again are against the 8th amendment in the constitution and excessive force is the violation of a person's constitutional rights , which is illegal. Shouldn’t more cops who abuse their power as an officer and ensures police brutality be locked behind bars. There are so many cases then and now like, for example, the Rodney King case in 1991 when the officers that were indicted with excessive force were later …show more content…
It wasn’t okay during the civil rights movement when you could see your friends and family on television being beaten and sprayed with water like animals and just like then the media created this image of African Americans being a threat to society which may be the reason why history seems to constantly repeat itself because there has always been a attitude towards men of color and slavery and race separation shows that so as you can see that whole scenario is occurring today , it may not be exact but it is being mimicked in today's society. Not only does the media’s negative deception of the public contribute to police brutality but covering of the law also contributes to this problem. By covering of the law I mean finding ways to get out of the crime that they just committed. There has been to many cases that involve