Police Brutality: The Case Of Tamir Rice

The basis of this article was criticizing the police department in Cleveland, Ohio and how poorly they have been handling business lately. Specifically, the Tamir Rice was talked about in depth. A 12-year-old boy was shot for holding a toy gun and was also somehow mistaken for a 20-year-old man. Due to information not being passed along to the other officers about the boy being a minor and the gun most likely being fake the police showed up prepared for a gunfight when they really should have shown up for guidance. This issue of police using too much force and police brutality is a very broad issue. The black community often times faces the worst of it and have far too many examples of victims to use as proof. One specifically similar case to Tamir Rice was the story about Tyre King who was also shot dead by police while holding a toy gun. This story doesn’t seem to agree or disagree with the other but just further gives evidence that there is a problem with cops using unnecessary force – especially on minors. …show more content…
As seen in both of these stories cops mistakenly thought a toy gun was a real one and proceeded to shoot a child dead. To make the authors argument stronger in the case of Tamir rice would be to speak more on police protocols and how cops keeping slipping through the cracks when they are selected for the job. I also believe its important to look further into the processes and tests that goes into getting that badge and that gun, along with maintaining it with new testing and trying to avoid biases as much as humanly