In the United Sates we have seen in the media and the news the scandals on police brutality towards citizens of color. Police officers are required to maintain order, protect, and serve; but lately we have observed them using violence as their first response. The fact that violence is being use isn’t the only problem the real issue is that officers are attacking minorities. Since the beginning people of color have always had problems when stop by a white officer. Statistically police officers assume that because the person is black or Hispanic they atomically did the crime, no questions asked. This is a big problem in our society because it makes people lose trust and respect towards the officers. Therefore, the citizens are taking matters
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Is it really helping the people when dealing with equal due process and fairness? I don’t think so. It is hardly surprising that many minority citizens distrust the criminal justice system, just as many criminal justice agents distrust them. Nowhere is that tension more apparent than in the relations between minorities and the police (Malcolm, 2000). Many people believe the government is corrupted. The reason they say that is because if you not rich you have no possibility to pay bail and if you are not white you might not have a fair trial or you might get a long sentence. Is very unfair, but that’s what many minority go through on the daily basis and sometimes it gets unnoticed. Only 2% of 2,500 police brutality cases the Justice Department investigates annually are prosecutable, says John Dunne, assistant attorney general for civil rights. He continues to say ``I don 't think the public is aware how difficult it is to prove these cases. Our problem is getting witnesses to come forward and testify. Many of these cases simply turn out to be a swearing contest between police and the victim (Katz 1991). ' ' Many of the officers tend to be protective by their departments and sometimes it’s easy to justify their actions just by simply saying they feared for their lives. Yes I agree that officers have a dangerous job and that they are always at risk. Still that don’t give them the right to treat people with violence and assume everyone is a threat to their lives. Police officers need to understand that having that gun doesn’t give them the right to use it in every dangerous situation. Not everyone is armed and not everyone trying to hurt the officers. Every life matters. Therefore, officers should be more aware and prepared for situations that don’t need to escalate to a
Is it really helping the people when dealing with equal due process and fairness? I don’t think so. It is hardly surprising that many minority citizens distrust the criminal justice system, just as many criminal justice agents distrust them. Nowhere is that tension more apparent than in the relations between minorities and the police (Malcolm, 2000). Many people believe the government is corrupted. The reason they say that is because if you not rich you have no possibility to pay bail and if you are not white you might not have a fair trial or you might get a long sentence. Is very unfair, but that’s what many minority go through on the daily basis and sometimes it gets unnoticed. Only 2% of 2,500 police brutality cases the Justice Department investigates annually are prosecutable, says John Dunne, assistant attorney general for civil rights. He continues to say ``I don 't think the public is aware how difficult it is to prove these cases. Our problem is getting witnesses to come forward and testify. Many of these cases simply turn out to be a swearing contest between police and the victim (Katz 1991). ' ' Many of the officers tend to be protective by their departments and sometimes it’s easy to justify their actions just by simply saying they feared for their lives. Yes I agree that officers have a dangerous job and that they are always at risk. Still that don’t give them the right to treat people with violence and assume everyone is a threat to their lives. Police officers need to understand that having that gun doesn’t give them the right to use it in every dangerous situation. Not everyone is armed and not everyone trying to hurt the officers. Every life matters. Therefore, officers should be more aware and prepared for situations that don’t need to escalate to a