There are always two sides to a story, it is important for us to learn to look at things through different points of views rather than just being one sided when it comes to things going on around the world. We have to learn to look at things through somebody else’s perspective, even if we do not completely agree with the thoughts or ideas that we are being presented with. In this current day and time, police brutality towards African Americans is shown to us on the daily through social media, newspaper articles on the daily evening news broadcast. Recently I have come across a number of articles trying to convince us and inform us that police brutality is really happening around us.
Along with reading articles in favor of police brutality I …show more content…
Based off Fryer’s research, “Police are more likely to fire their weapons without having first been attacked when the suspect is white.” This fact he provides his audience with is very important, especially towards his black community audience because it is making them aware that African Americans are not being targeted, if anything another race is more likely to face deadly consequences. Another astonishing fact, he provides us with is when he states that, “Black and white civilians involved in police shootings were both equally likely to be carrying a weapon on them not just the African American suspects. In Houston, out of 1.6 million arrests made, officers only fired their weapons 507 times.” This piece of information is valuable to his audience. It is making them aware that different races who have all been in the same circumstances, given the same opportunities and all equally likely to be carrying a weapon on them, have all had the same treatment. Out of more than a million arrests, police officers used their weapons 507 times, that alone shows that law enforcement is not acting out in a misconduct manner, firing their weapons at their suspects regardless of what race they are every single chance they get. The numbers show that police officers resort to using their deadly force as little as possible unless absolutely necessary. This shows people in the African American community that the number of times that law enforcement actually uses their weapons during an arrest is very low. Overall, “law enforcement officers are 20% less likely to shoot a black suspect.” This fact that Fryer included in his research gives his audience a sense of relief, because his audience is the black community, he is making them aware that due to today’s outrages and controversies going on
Along with reading articles in favor of police brutality I …show more content…
Based off Fryer’s research, “Police are more likely to fire their weapons without having first been attacked when the suspect is white.” This fact he provides his audience with is very important, especially towards his black community audience because it is making them aware that African Americans are not being targeted, if anything another race is more likely to face deadly consequences. Another astonishing fact, he provides us with is when he states that, “Black and white civilians involved in police shootings were both equally likely to be carrying a weapon on them not just the African American suspects. In Houston, out of 1.6 million arrests made, officers only fired their weapons 507 times.” This piece of information is valuable to his audience. It is making them aware that different races who have all been in the same circumstances, given the same opportunities and all equally likely to be carrying a weapon on them, have all had the same treatment. Out of more than a million arrests, police officers used their weapons 507 times, that alone shows that law enforcement is not acting out in a misconduct manner, firing their weapons at their suspects regardless of what race they are every single chance they get. The numbers show that police officers resort to using their deadly force as little as possible unless absolutely necessary. This shows people in the African American community that the number of times that law enforcement actually uses their weapons during an arrest is very low. Overall, “law enforcement officers are 20% less likely to shoot a black suspect.” This fact that Fryer included in his research gives his audience a sense of relief, because his audience is the black community, he is making them aware that due to today’s outrages and controversies going on