Bang! Bang! Shots in the distance ,Your heart drops as you step outside. You’re running down the street with fear your eyes, heart beating out your chest. And you get that feeling of becoming numb. Pushing through the crowd and you see your loved one lying in the street slowly dying in a pool of their own blood. Imagine your loved one's life being taken by the ones we expect to “protect & serve”. Imagine your safety being violated by the “the man”. Police brutality affects multiple different individuals, has a variety of forms and uneven consequences for the ones it affects. Police brutality affects multiple different individuals. Many people probably think brutality only happens against African Americans. Eric Rodriguez, vice president of the NCLR's office of research stated: "police killings of brown people often go underreported." On July 3, 19-year-old Pedro Villanueva became one of many victims to police brutality. Two undercover patrol cops, dressed in plain clothes pursued an unmarked car. Pedro made a U-turn and officers opened fire; killing Pedro and
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When you hear the word "police brutality" you probably think shots fired. Then again Charmeshia Corley was sexually assaulted by a female officer. The officer stuck her fingers in Corley during a body search. In other words, nerve gas, batons, pepper spray, guns are just some of the ways to intimidate people. S. Danina stated, "Police brutality can also take the form of false arrests, verbal abuse, psychological intimidation, sexual abuse, police corruption, racial profiling, political repression and the improper use of Tasers." Sanjay Seth an Uber driver was verbally assaulted by detectives. The detective stated, "how long have you been in this country." NYPD detectives can be heard slamming the side of the car and mocking Sanjay's command of English. Even though we "know" police brutality comes in different forms it is particularly still pictured as being
When you hear the word "police brutality" you probably think shots fired. Then again Charmeshia Corley was sexually assaulted by a female officer. The officer stuck her fingers in Corley during a body search. In other words, nerve gas, batons, pepper spray, guns are just some of the ways to intimidate people. S. Danina stated, "Police brutality can also take the form of false arrests, verbal abuse, psychological intimidation, sexual abuse, police corruption, racial profiling, political repression and the improper use of Tasers." Sanjay Seth an Uber driver was verbally assaulted by detectives. The detective stated, "how long have you been in this country." NYPD detectives can be heard slamming the side of the car and mocking Sanjay's command of English. Even though we "know" police brutality comes in different forms it is particularly still pictured as being