Police Brutality In Ancient Egypt

When I first think of Egypt all I can picture are the pyramids located there and miles of hot desert. I learned a lot about Ancient Egypt while I was in school. I also watched many documentaries about Ancient Egyptian history and the pyramids themselves. I never pictured people living there or even imagined anyone living in Egypt. The only people I imagined to be in Egypt were archaeologists and tourists. But, approximately 92 million people do call Egypt home. In movies and documentaries, Egypt is always pictured with the blistering sun and heatwaves rolling across the tan sand of the desert. While it can get pretty hot in Egypt it can also get pretty cold at night and during the winter. These are all preconceptions of Egypt I had when I was in high school. My more recent …show more content…
When I first read this article I was shocked that they would shut down an entire hospital to get justice. A few days later I looked back into the subject and found that the doctors were on strike and were holding a protest because that was not the first time that law enforcement had abused medical personnel. In fact, the police had been assaulting people and medical personnel long before this incident and seemed to be getting increasingly more violent. The question I want to answer by the end of this is: “Since police brutality has been a problem in Egypt for a while, are they more brutal now than ever or have they always been this brutal?” I believe they have always been violent if doctors shut down a whole hospital to being attention to the problem. I chose this topic because police are supposed to protect you not hurt you and I wanted to learn more about why the police were being violent especially towards doctors who are there help