Does Killing Someone Have Any Morality Behind It?
Have you ever wondered what the underlying causes of police brutality are? Pondered over the thought of why law enforcement has swayed so far from their traditional duties? I’ve wondered all of these, especially in the case between Michael Slager and Walter Scott. In this case, Scott was pulled over by Slager for having a broken brake light. Suddenly, a routine encounter escalated very quickly. Scott tried to take the officer’s stun gun and started running, he was then shot by Slager 8 times. In my opinion, police officers seem to be diverging from their once well renowned and trusted motto: “to protect and serve”. Many assumptions have come up and sparked both verbal and physical rioting. Among …show more content…
The dictionary definition of racism is “hatred or intolerance of another race or other races”. I couldn’t agree more with this definition. It’s as if you could list some of these cases as examples of racism in a dictionary. I think it’s bewildering how we as humans can be so ignorant for letting our bias of another race influence our decisions and views, even when in a professional line of work. This discrimination shouldn’t be tolerated or practiced by anyone, much less by law enforcement. In some cases like this, a cop’s personal hatred and opinion could influence the measures and actions made by other police officers. I’m not assuming that all cops are like this, but confident enough to say that there surely are some out there. Now occasionally it isn’t racism, sometimes loyal and just police officers live up to their motto. But if the victim ends up being a black person, like in this case, then people and some media make it look like an act of racism. Since racism can’t really be measured only admitted, it’s only the officer’s report against the people’s views based on the distorted evidence. Once one cop screws up, then he pretty much questions the reputation of all other officers, whether they’re racist or not. Ultimately, racism is only a matter of personal opinion and
Have you ever wondered what the underlying causes of police brutality are? Pondered over the thought of why law enforcement has swayed so far from their traditional duties? I’ve wondered all of these, especially in the case between Michael Slager and Walter Scott. In this case, Scott was pulled over by Slager for having a broken brake light. Suddenly, a routine encounter escalated very quickly. Scott tried to take the officer’s stun gun and started running, he was then shot by Slager 8 times. In my opinion, police officers seem to be diverging from their once well renowned and trusted motto: “to protect and serve”. Many assumptions have come up and sparked both verbal and physical rioting. Among …show more content…
The dictionary definition of racism is “hatred or intolerance of another race or other races”. I couldn’t agree more with this definition. It’s as if you could list some of these cases as examples of racism in a dictionary. I think it’s bewildering how we as humans can be so ignorant for letting our bias of another race influence our decisions and views, even when in a professional line of work. This discrimination shouldn’t be tolerated or practiced by anyone, much less by law enforcement. In some cases like this, a cop’s personal hatred and opinion could influence the measures and actions made by other police officers. I’m not assuming that all cops are like this, but confident enough to say that there surely are some out there. Now occasionally it isn’t racism, sometimes loyal and just police officers live up to their motto. But if the victim ends up being a black person, like in this case, then people and some media make it look like an act of racism. Since racism can’t really be measured only admitted, it’s only the officer’s report against the people’s views based on the distorted evidence. Once one cop screws up, then he pretty much questions the reputation of all other officers, whether they’re racist or not. Ultimately, racism is only a matter of personal opinion and