The Pros And Cons Of Police Profiling

For many years now, America has witnessed the countless occurrences of racially profiling individuals as well as demonstrating excessive use of force, often called police brutality. Racial profiling is defined as an act of discrimination implemented by a stereotype. It is an action that many police officers practice in order to justify their actions towards a person. Police brutality is the use of extensive force when it does not need to be used in a manner that either threatens or physically harms a civilian. Despite the tragic outcomes of the most notorious protests in America, such as the one held in Ferguson, Missouri and Los Angeles, California it has created an idea that police officers will always be superior to civilians. Police brutality …show more content…
Racially profiling and police brutally is destroying lives of Americans who are put into a category based on their appearances and has negatively impacted the minds of those that fall into a group solely based on appearance, religion or ethnic background. Racial profiling has often been a misconception that it has only existed for a couple of decades. In reality, racial profiling has existed since the 1800s. Racial profiling is defined by a prejudice based on a stereotype and since every race has a potent stereotype no one can be excluded from having some sort of experience of racial profiling whether they know it or not. Racial profiling has existed since the time of slavery; where Africans were seen less of human beings than white Americans. After the Emancipation Proclamation in …show more content…
Many early cases of police brutality dealt with labor strikes such as the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 and the Pullman Strike of 1894. However, due to oppression, police brutality is now often seen as a fight between people of color and those that follow a religion. Countless victims of police brutality have been classified as minorities, the disabled, the young, and the poor; ranging from African American to