Police Brutality is the use of any force exceeding necessary force to accomplish lawful police matters. Police Brutality is happening everywhere, but in specific Mexico. There have been several cases where policemen abuse their power while on the job, even at the police station. Is it fair that police can use brute force in Mexico to protect the people of their country? In Mexico the policemen are known for using excessive force. For example, Karen Vasquez, a 20-year old university student from Guadalajara, told Human Rights watch that policemen made women perform sexual activities to humiliate themselves. “They sent us into the room in groups of two. We had to take off all of our clothes for inspections and then made us do sit-ups
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The 2013 National Victimization Survey conducted by Mexico’s National Institute for Statistics estimated that only twelve percent of crimes are reported by Mexican citizens; almost sixty-two percent of victims said they did not report crimes because they did not trust the authorities or because they thought it was a waste of time. March 2014 survey on urban public security also found that 70.2% of the respondents said that the police were ineffective or barely effective in preventing crime. The number of complaints of abuses by the Mexican armed forces increased hugely between 2007-2012. Military training and tactics are often completely opposite with what is needed for effective policing. Soldiers are trained to use the maximum force necessary to combat enemies, not to investigate crimes or interact with the population. When military training is applied in public activities, abuses are more likely to occur. This is exactly what is happening in Mexico. Police are not making wise decisions based on their actions because there are innocent people being killed based on policemen’s personal judgment of a situation and suspect. They are using armed forces at the wrong time and place. According to the article by Jess Colarossi states, “Officers opened fire on a man in fear they were under attack, after someone threw a beer bottle at the back window of their vehicle.” Policemen need to be investigating further into detail before they open fire and put many lives in danger. Policemen need to remember that everyone is innocent until proven guilty, so they can’t go around shooting or assaulting citizens in community that aren’t an immediate threat. They have so much power to an extent where they start abusing it because they won’t be convicted. The many types of policemen abusing their power is getting out of hand and isn’t demonstrating equality
The 2013 National Victimization Survey conducted by Mexico’s National Institute for Statistics estimated that only twelve percent of crimes are reported by Mexican citizens; almost sixty-two percent of victims said they did not report crimes because they did not trust the authorities or because they thought it was a waste of time. March 2014 survey on urban public security also found that 70.2% of the respondents said that the police were ineffective or barely effective in preventing crime. The number of complaints of abuses by the Mexican armed forces increased hugely between 2007-2012. Military training and tactics are often completely opposite with what is needed for effective policing. Soldiers are trained to use the maximum force necessary to combat enemies, not to investigate crimes or interact with the population. When military training is applied in public activities, abuses are more likely to occur. This is exactly what is happening in Mexico. Police are not making wise decisions based on their actions because there are innocent people being killed based on policemen’s personal judgment of a situation and suspect. They are using armed forces at the wrong time and place. According to the article by Jess Colarossi states, “Officers opened fire on a man in fear they were under attack, after someone threw a beer bottle at the back window of their vehicle.” Policemen need to be investigating further into detail before they open fire and put many lives in danger. Policemen need to remember that everyone is innocent until proven guilty, so they can’t go around shooting or assaulting citizens in community that aren’t an immediate threat. They have so much power to an extent where they start abusing it because they won’t be convicted. The many types of policemen abusing their power is getting out of hand and isn’t demonstrating equality