Police Brutality
Police brutality is unnecessary force used by the Police when dealing with civilians. The most form of police brutality is a physical form. "Police have been ordered to use pain compliance otherwise known as torture"(Watson 1). "In the 1633 term savage cruelty was used. The first known term in 1893 in the New York Times was police brutality. Ever since 1633, there has been a few police brutality occurrences, but now in the 19-20th century there has been more frequent reports" (http://sites.google.com/site/policebrutalityaction). Here is an example of police brutality, the death of Eric Garner. A group of officers put Eric into a chokehold because of resisting arrest in past time, which is not true. That chokehold killed …show more content…
"Black people are treated like insurgents in occupied territory and not citizens in need of protection"(McCalla 3). Some police officers seem to think very low of blacks and do not care at all about our safety whether we die or live. "Black people were about four times as likely to die in custody or while being arrested than whites"(Rosenfeld 2). It seems like officers are scared of blacks since sometimes we do give off a suspicious look so they use excessive force upon them, but there is no reason to because they cooperate with the officer but the officers mind is made up about what they believe who the person is. "Nationwide the rate at which black people are killed by law enforcement is 3 times higher than that of white people"(Wihbey 2 ). Blacks and Whites still have some animosity towards each other. "Racism is real"(Rosenfeld 1).Police brutality is occurring more often because racism is still alive. "Blacks and other people of color still face embedded racism in second class treatment"(Rosenfeld 1). We are the same, just different shapes and sizes, we all bleed the same color. So we need to stand together not against, fight for each other not with each other, it 's not right. "Black citizens did not sign up for being at risk for police brutality or killings"(McCalla 2) . Things need to change now with police departments and officers everywhere in the
Police brutality is unnecessary force used by the Police when dealing with civilians. The most form of police brutality is a physical form. "Police have been ordered to use pain compliance otherwise known as torture"(Watson 1). "In the 1633 term savage cruelty was used. The first known term in 1893 in the New York Times was police brutality. Ever since 1633, there has been a few police brutality occurrences, but now in the 19-20th century there has been more frequent reports" (http://sites.google.com/site/policebrutalityaction). Here is an example of police brutality, the death of Eric Garner. A group of officers put Eric into a chokehold because of resisting arrest in past time, which is not true. That chokehold killed …show more content…
"Black people are treated like insurgents in occupied territory and not citizens in need of protection"(McCalla 3). Some police officers seem to think very low of blacks and do not care at all about our safety whether we die or live. "Black people were about four times as likely to die in custody or while being arrested than whites"(Rosenfeld 2). It seems like officers are scared of blacks since sometimes we do give off a suspicious look so they use excessive force upon them, but there is no reason to because they cooperate with the officer but the officers mind is made up about what they believe who the person is. "Nationwide the rate at which black people are killed by law enforcement is 3 times higher than that of white people"(Wihbey 2 ). Blacks and Whites still have some animosity towards each other. "Racism is real"(Rosenfeld 1).Police brutality is occurring more often because racism is still alive. "Blacks and other people of color still face embedded racism in second class treatment"(Rosenfeld 1). We are the same, just different shapes and sizes, we all bleed the same color. So we need to stand together not against, fight for each other not with each other, it 's not right. "Black citizens did not sign up for being at risk for police brutality or killings"(McCalla 2) . Things need to change now with police departments and officers everywhere in the