Police Brutality Police officers should be expected to wear cameras on duty, as well as being retrained every six months. “On August 9, 2015 Michael Brown, at just 18 years old, died at the barrel of a white policeman’s gun in Ferguson, Missouri, igniting world-wide anger and protestations, more so in the US itself” (“Modern Day Lynching?” 1). “Since Brown’s death there have been several to follow suit such as, Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray and Sandra Bland. Young black lives lost so earlier at the hands of white police officers” (Modern Day Lynching?” 1). “The most recent death occurred on July 13, 2015 to a black woman.” (Truesdell 1)
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“Nothing is more endangering to a democracy than the militarization of its local police.”(Couper 1) “In a letter wrote by a former police chief, David C. Couper, he explains how reform is desperately needed in the police force.” (Couper 1) “Our police play a vital role in who we are as a nation. We will not have justice in our courts unless it is first a working value of our nation’s police.” (Couper 1) “The letter also urged Obama toward “a re-examination of where our nation’s police are today, where they need to be, the kind of people we need to police our communities, and how police should be educated, trained, and deployed. This must be done before it is too late.” (Couper 1) David C. Couper then explains in the letter, “I have come to the conclusion that the problem is not bad cops, but rather a bad system of training. It is a vast problem. The good news: It is a correctable one. But solving the problem must start now.” (Couper 1) “It is impossible to have this discussion without acknowledging the role of race. Police in America practice often two styles of policing: one for people of means, mainly whites, and another for those who are poor, racial minorities, immigrants, or mentally ill.” (Couper 1) “David explains, when he talk publicly about the problem of deadly force and disrespect, many white people look at me with puzzled eyes. They don’t know what I am talking about because, as it turns out, they have had little, if any, contact with police.” (Couper 2) “Not so for those men and women of color in my audience. They know—and they know all too well. Recent discussions have helped us understand that “unconscious bias” is inherent in our species; what is needed is being able to identify and manage it.” (Couper 2) “It is my opinion that in order to restore trust between police and the communities they serve, we need to begin to
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“Nothing is more endangering to a democracy than the militarization of its local police.”(Couper 1) “In a letter wrote by a former police chief, David C. Couper, he explains how reform is desperately needed in the police force.” (Couper 1) “Our police play a vital role in who we are as a nation. We will not have justice in our courts unless it is first a working value of our nation’s police.” (Couper 1) “The letter also urged Obama toward “a re-examination of where our nation’s police are today, where they need to be, the kind of people we need to police our communities, and how police should be educated, trained, and deployed. This must be done before it is too late.” (Couper 1) David C. Couper then explains in the letter, “I have come to the conclusion that the problem is not bad cops, but rather a bad system of training. It is a vast problem. The good news: It is a correctable one. But solving the problem must start now.” (Couper 1) “It is impossible to have this discussion without acknowledging the role of race. Police in America practice often two styles of policing: one for people of means, mainly whites, and another for those who are poor, racial minorities, immigrants, or mentally ill.” (Couper 1) “David explains, when he talk publicly about the problem of deadly force and disrespect, many white people look at me with puzzled eyes. They don’t know what I am talking about because, as it turns out, they have had little, if any, contact with police.” (Couper 2) “Not so for those men and women of color in my audience. They know—and they know all too well. Recent discussions have helped us understand that “unconscious bias” is inherent in our species; what is needed is being able to identify and manage it.” (Couper 2) “It is my opinion that in order to restore trust between police and the communities they serve, we need to begin to