In America, children are taught from a very young age that people are innocent until proven guilty. Parents teach their children this and expect for them to be treated this way if they ever get in trouble with the law. That is how the United States justice system has always been believed to be. But is this really the case? In the years past there have been more cries for justice than ever before. People have started questioning whether they are actually being protected by our justice system all the while losing faith in the police 's ability to protect and serve. The injustice that some families must deal with has led to riots across the U.S. along with the well-known hashtag “black lives matter” used on almost all social media. Police brutality
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Philip Stinson, a former police officer, has done research on all of the homicides committed by the police. He has found that “[T]he FBI does record ‘justifiable homicides’ by police officers. There were 461 such homicides in 2013, but by definition, this doesn 't include the number of police charged with a crime for on-duty actions” (Brown, 2015). Stinson also states that “reporting these statistics to the FBI is voluntary”. By not having to report the number of innocent people whom are murdered, the police get away scot free and do not even have to face the consequences of their actions. Police brutality is an issue that cannot be overcome if things continue as they are. According to CNN news, “prison guards and staff were smuggling contraband such as liquor, tobacco and cellphones into the cell blocks for money” (Brown & Ryan, 2016) which eventually led to these prisoners committing fraud from inside a jail cell. It is no wonder people do not feel safe nor protected by the police. Not to mention ticket quotas. It is illegal in most parts of the world to issue ticket quotas, however that does not …show more content…
Corruption, entitlement, and discrimination amongst other things have not helped the situation. They have made things worse than they already are. In many cases, the United States justice system fails to protect the people and their families. People are not always treated as though they are innocent until proven guilty. Often times, it tends to be the opposite: guilty until proven innocent. America is in desperate need of a renewed justice system because the one used now does a lot of
Philip Stinson, a former police officer, has done research on all of the homicides committed by the police. He has found that “[T]he FBI does record ‘justifiable homicides’ by police officers. There were 461 such homicides in 2013, but by definition, this doesn 't include the number of police charged with a crime for on-duty actions” (Brown, 2015). Stinson also states that “reporting these statistics to the FBI is voluntary”. By not having to report the number of innocent people whom are murdered, the police get away scot free and do not even have to face the consequences of their actions. Police brutality is an issue that cannot be overcome if things continue as they are. According to CNN news, “prison guards and staff were smuggling contraband such as liquor, tobacco and cellphones into the cell blocks for money” (Brown & Ryan, 2016) which eventually led to these prisoners committing fraud from inside a jail cell. It is no wonder people do not feel safe nor protected by the police. Not to mention ticket quotas. It is illegal in most parts of the world to issue ticket quotas, however that does not …show more content…
Corruption, entitlement, and discrimination amongst other things have not helped the situation. They have made things worse than they already are. In many cases, the United States justice system fails to protect the people and their families. People are not always treated as though they are innocent until proven guilty. Often times, it tends to be the opposite: guilty until proven innocent. America is in desperate need of a renewed justice system because the one used now does a lot of