Police Brutality Controversy

Controversy of police body cameras and police brutality are ongoing issues still applied in today’s world. Living life behind surveillance would invade the privacy of law enforcement officers on duty, but would also prevent false accusations against citizens and police officers endured by abusive behavior. Police brutality has been a crisis amongst the public, the purpose of excessive force is only to be used under proposition of detaining a criminal that isn’t following the standard procedure under the officer’s discretion. Unfortunately, many situations tend to escalade under acts of race, gender, and low self-esteem. The 8th amendment states, “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” It serves the right to be free …show more content…
Police behavior isn’t likely to change from the source of a gadget, it’s the grand jury decision rather to indict the officer or not. (Tweney, 2014). Editor Nick Gillespie had a belief that, “body cameras wouldn’t just prevent police brutality, they would prevent violent protests as well.” Gillespie says “surveillance” is law enforcements “best friend.” That technology remains transparent but body cameras will show clarity of an altercation. It’s clear that Gillespie believes that body cams will only validate in reassuring the public of law-enforcement, but will not end the war against the use-of force on, “ethical minorities.”(Gillespie, 2014). The use of body cameras are prominent to displaying evidence from a distance for anyone to question right from wrong. “Surveillance cameras at businesses have been helping for years. Now when officers show up wearing cameras, there's an even better chance that vital information will be captured” (Schaffhauser, 2014). It’s important that congress understands the benefits of worn surveillance and the cause and effect it has along the prevention of excessive force. How it can impact states nationwide in mitigating the risks of physical