“I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe”. These chilling word were repeated 11 times by Eric Garner as he was held in a chokehold by the New York City police department. Bystanders looked on in shock and a gentleman even record the incident on his cell phone. Eric Garner, a 43 year old African American father, was pronounced dead on arrival to the hospital. The medical examiner ruled Scott’s death as a homicide. Within the first five month of the year, over 400 citizens have been killed by police officers on duty. This topic has led to an eruption of protests and hysteria around the world. Many people around the country turn a blind eye to a situation that is increasing at an alarming rate. In order to increase awareness of the issue citizens have
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Police officers are faced with being placed in the face of danger everyday. There have been documented cases where the victim was killed due to making a life threatening advancement toward the officers. However, these cases are heavily reviewed by a board of directors. In San Jose, the procedure is “Whenever a police officer is involved in a fatality or shooting incident in the City of San Jose, the San Jose Police Department’s Homicide/Crime Scene unit is assigned primary responsibility for the investigation of the incident.” (San Jose Police Department). The investigation is then reviewed and approved by the Police Chiefs Association. Nonetheless, there are officers that take advantage of the privilege of having power. Within the last few years there have been an increase of these cases. Since 2014, there has been an 11% increase in cases and 45% of cases reported in New York have reported to have used unnecessary excessive force. (Watson). One of the more recent cases of unnecessary use of police brutality involved a 12 year old young African American child, Tamir Rice. Tamir was playing in a Cleveland playground when a call was made to the police of a gun being in the possession of the child. The police were warned beforehand that the gun could have been a toy. Within two minutes of exiting the car, police officer Timothy Loehmann …show more content…
She has raised an army of Americans through her petition, “National Action Against Police Brutality”to fight against the United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch. As of today, she has raised 38,084 signatures to support her cause. However, to make her petition fully active she needs to reach 50,000 supporters. You can help support her, and the raising fight against the national epidemic of unnecessary violence by going to “Change.org” and searching for “National Action Against Police Brutality”(change.org). Signing the petition takes no less than 5 minutes. All you need is your name, email and street address. There is also an option to share it on Facebook to help spread the world. 5 minutes of your time could help save someone 's life.
As mentioned above, mothers are affected the worse when it comes to these cases. The organization “Mothers Against Police Brutality” was created to provide support to mothers with fallen children and to also spread awareness of police brutality. Their mission include “End the killing of unarmed and mentally ill persons by law enforcement personnel” and “Change police deadly force policies, practices and training.”(Mothers Against Police Brutality). They have a page dedicated to how you volunteer in your local town, ways to donate and events that are hosted to support mothers who have been affected by this
Police officers are faced with being placed in the face of danger everyday. There have been documented cases where the victim was killed due to making a life threatening advancement toward the officers. However, these cases are heavily reviewed by a board of directors. In San Jose, the procedure is “Whenever a police officer is involved in a fatality or shooting incident in the City of San Jose, the San Jose Police Department’s Homicide/Crime Scene unit is assigned primary responsibility for the investigation of the incident.” (San Jose Police Department). The investigation is then reviewed and approved by the Police Chiefs Association. Nonetheless, there are officers that take advantage of the privilege of having power. Within the last few years there have been an increase of these cases. Since 2014, there has been an 11% increase in cases and 45% of cases reported in New York have reported to have used unnecessary excessive force. (Watson). One of the more recent cases of unnecessary use of police brutality involved a 12 year old young African American child, Tamir Rice. Tamir was playing in a Cleveland playground when a call was made to the police of a gun being in the possession of the child. The police were warned beforehand that the gun could have been a toy. Within two minutes of exiting the car, police officer Timothy Loehmann …show more content…
She has raised an army of Americans through her petition, “National Action Against Police Brutality”to fight against the United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch. As of today, she has raised 38,084 signatures to support her cause. However, to make her petition fully active she needs to reach 50,000 supporters. You can help support her, and the raising fight against the national epidemic of unnecessary violence by going to “Change.org” and searching for “National Action Against Police Brutality”(change.org). Signing the petition takes no less than 5 minutes. All you need is your name, email and street address. There is also an option to share it on Facebook to help spread the world. 5 minutes of your time could help save someone 's life.
As mentioned above, mothers are affected the worse when it comes to these cases. The organization “Mothers Against Police Brutality” was created to provide support to mothers with fallen children and to also spread awareness of police brutality. Their mission include “End the killing of unarmed and mentally ill persons by law enforcement personnel” and “Change police deadly force policies, practices and training.”(Mothers Against Police Brutality). They have a page dedicated to how you volunteer in your local town, ways to donate and events that are hosted to support mothers who have been affected by this