Police Injustice Case Study

This study addresses the injustices placed upon two African American men. The first man was named Rodney King, and the second Malice Green. Both of these events caused grief and public outrage, especially when little consequence was given to those who committed these injustices. The study attempts to analyze the newfound public perception on police. Due to the evidence (videos, witnesses) shown of these events, will people perceive the police in a different manner? The first study that took place was an interview. One of the questions being: Do you (minority) believe the Police would respond to you as fast as they would to a white person? Interviews took place before and after each altercation happened in real life, and the results were compared between blacks and whites. …show more content…
Several scholars were referenced during this study such as: Schuman and Gruenberg, Sigelman and Welch, or Mutz. The approach to the interviews were difficult as there were some inconsistent variables. For example, some may have had different exposure to the news of these altercations, therefore giving them a different reaction to the event. For my essay I plan on using this quote, “For weeks afterward, the beating received saturation coverage in the news media…” I will use this quote because it is an example of people being aware of police brutality due to social media, which is one of the main focuses of my