Police Brutality In Maryland Essay

Imagine you're walking in a store and you notice a security guard is following you , imagine walking by woman and she immediately moves her purse, imagine you're driving doing nothing wrong and you've been pulled over, this is the everyday life of African American. Maryland is the 5 highest state of African American population with 32% of Maryland population are African American and is also “Maryland is the 6th highest number of homicides by police out of 39 states reporting five black people died for every white person who died” according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland. Between 2010 to 2014, 109 people died in police encounter in Maryland and two-thirds, were african american. More training and funding in culture classes need to be put in place in order to prevent police brutality against African Americans than firearm training. …show more content…
Police officers need to be require to take a cultural sensitivity class and proper use of force to be able to properly deal with a situation. If police officers take classes on different culture, especially on African American culture, it can help prevent police officers from making irrational action towards African Americans. As proof, in baltimore the police department began to take new training for the police officer and the results showed “excessive-force complaints drop by 36 percent in 2016 and a further 42 percent in 2017.” Police chiefs can put forward policies and training by giving recognition and rewarding officers who display professionalism and restraint. For instance, the Los Angeles Police Department created a “Preservation of Life” award for officers who safely calmed down a situation without the use of deadly or aggressive force. Philadelphia police created a similar