In today's society there is copious amounts of controversy over police brutality. Everyday on the news you see a story about unlawful police brutality against someone. In fact Police officers have reasoning for what they do. On September 16, 2016, Terence Crutcher was pulled over by a Police Officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was asked to step out of his vehicle and put his hands on the back of his head. At first terence obeyed the Officers requests, but then he started reaching in his pocket without the officers request and started backing up towards his car. Betty Shelby(The officer responding to the call) still told him to stop but he didn't. Terence crutcher suddenly reached into his car for something that the officer did not know was, and
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Police brutality is being exposed to the community in the wrong way. Sometimes the phrase “ POlice brutality” is turned in the complete opposite direction. Police do get brutalized by the community. In 2017 a Police officer was ambushed and killed. Also on July 4th Robert Johnson (A deputy)was intentionally struck by a car and killed in new york. Since December 31, 2018 10 officers have been shot and three have been killed. All of these officers deaths were in a span of only three weeks. These statistics show that also the blue community is struggling too. Many people say that police brutality against others happens way too often. This statement might be true but you have to put in the condition these officers are under when they are making these decisions. Including, the officers level of exhaustion, where the officer is positioned whether it is on the ground behind a barrier. These split second decisions that Police officers have to make is really difficult and puts tremendous stress on them. This is why police brutality is looked over by many. Including this, one day my dad was on a routine call arresting someone violating city laws. When him and his partner were putting the suspect in the cop car he started yelling “police brutality!!” for no reason. This truly exemplifies how police brutality is miss used by many people in today's
Police brutality is being exposed to the community in the wrong way. Sometimes the phrase “ POlice brutality” is turned in the complete opposite direction. Police do get brutalized by the community. In 2017 a Police officer was ambushed and killed. Also on July 4th Robert Johnson (A deputy)was intentionally struck by a car and killed in new york. Since December 31, 2018 10 officers have been shot and three have been killed. All of these officers deaths were in a span of only three weeks. These statistics show that also the blue community is struggling too. Many people say that police brutality against others happens way too often. This statement might be true but you have to put in the condition these officers are under when they are making these decisions. Including, the officers level of exhaustion, where the officer is positioned whether it is on the ground behind a barrier. These split second decisions that Police officers have to make is really difficult and puts tremendous stress on them. This is why police brutality is looked over by many. Including this, one day my dad was on a routine call arresting someone violating city laws. When him and his partner were putting the suspect in the cop car he started yelling “police brutality!!” for no reason. This truly exemplifies how police brutality is miss used by many people in today's