Police Brutality: When is Deadly Force Justified? On February 4th, 1999 at 12:44 AM an unarmed black man, Amadou Diallo, found himself in a storm of bullets coming from four white New York City police officers. In total, forty-one shots were fired and twenty-one of those found their mark, as the twenty-two year old stood on the balcony of his apartment building. The four police officers never wore uniforms and drove through neighborhoods in unmarked cars looking for occurring crimes or people carrying guns.…
Police brutality is becoming a major problem in today’s society. It has been an ongoing issue throughout the world. As society grows, the existence of police brutality become more of an issue. The issue posed by illegal use of power is ongoing reality for people of a disfavored race or sexual orientation. Police brutality remains as one of the most divisive human rights in the world.…
With the demand for the officers to put their lives on the line for the sake of law and order, much deference is placed to officers in cases of police brutality. Because of the many cases of officers using unnecessary force and receiving no punishments, the community has grown in its distrust of the very people that is put in place to protect them. The widespread use of body cameras on the police will give officers the accountability that could not be guaranteed without them, which will in turn place trust back into our peace keepers. There are some qualms about the use of body cameras, but they are nothing compared to the…
Police officers now a days are not trusted or believed because of their past actions or possibly what they might do in the future. Police officers should be required to use body cameras. It will not only ensure that the police are following instructions but it will also ensure that they will not be using excessive force on anyone. Citizens will be able to see everything that happened in that case because most likely the footage will be released to the public to show what happened or so that citizens can also be cautioned. Though there is one reason that i don't think they should use body cameras and that is because the police will have access to viewing the footage.…
Police Should Wear Body Cameras Being in law enforcement isn 't a easy job. The goal of a police officer is to protect and serve the civilians. Lately, police brutality has been a hot topic of discussion due to some police officers taking their power to extreme measures when dealing with the public. Many unarmed minorities were being killed at the hands of officers all over the United States. According to the website www.mappingpoliceviolence.org, "37% of unarmed minorities were killed by police in 2015 and on 10 out of the 102 cases, the police were actually charged with the crime" (Mapping Violence, 2015).…
Police Brutality in America has become a new plague, it has infiltrated our country, and has exposed a dark side of the justice system. Thousands of cases involving police brutality are reported yearly, and thousands of incidents go unreported as well. Incidents of police brutality go unreported because of fear. The American justice system is being ran by fear, causing uncertainty for citizens of America. The terrifying idea of waking up to a news report stating that a person has died at the hands of a police officer for no logical or specified reason has become a reality in modern day America.…
I suggest that police officers should keep the body cameras and we should know what they do to other people and make sure they dont use police brutality. Police officers should be fined if they use force that is not necessary to other people or hit other people. Lets stop police brutality and change the…
Police Against the People Police brutality against black individuals has skyrocketed in the past several years causing an outrage within the community. Although the distinction between the privileges of white people and colored people have been going on all throughout history, nowadays, it’s getting a bit out of hand. Astonishingly, nearly one thousand people have been killed by the force of police brutality in 2015 alone, three out of every five deaths belonged to those of Hispanic and black race (Ribas)! Therefore, with this being said, writers from the past such as Malcom Holmes and the present, Kim Lersch, Thomas Bazley, Thomas Mieczkowski, and Kristina Childs; plus, Folusho Otuyelu, Warren Graham, and Shakira Kennedy have vigorously criticized…
Police brutality is one of the most serious human rights violation in the United States. The excessive use of force by officers including severe beatings, fatal chokings, and unjustified beatings against innocent civilians persists today. On June 8, 2011, a 34 years-old man named Ernest Duenez was shot and killed by Manteca, CA police officer, John Moody. Moody was waiting for Duenez in a corner, when he saw Duenez’s truck he followed him to his driveway. Moody yelled at Duenez to drop his weapon, despite the fact that no weapon was visible.…
Since 2013, 3,136 Americans have been killed by cops. Police brutality is when police use more force than is needed. Police work is dangerous sometimes, but excessive force is not always needed. Police brutality should be monitored because it could decrease the amount of it and lead to fewer deaths.…
The reason for this is because people claim cops take advantage of their power and attack innocent people. No one really knows if the cop was right for shooting the unarmed teen. There are a lot of disputes pertaining this issue. Some cops do in fact abuse their power but just because there is one bad apple in the bunch, not all the others are going to be rotten. Cameras will help protect those officers who do the right thing against unfounded civil complaints of brutality and racism.…
Body cameras would make a huge difference in police brutality and easily provide evidence in courts. Furthermore, Journalist Resources states, “White of Arizona State University, identified five empirical studies on body cameras, and assesses their conclusions. In particular, a year after the Rialto, Calif., police [department] began requiring all officers to wear body cameras, use of force by officers fell by 60% and citizen complaints dropped by nearly 90%” (Wihbey and Kille). This shows that cameras will make the best difference in reducing police…
Being a police officer comes with great responsibilities. They are expected to maintain law and order, protect the lives of citizens, reduce fear of crime and most importantly prevent crime. But in the past few years, it seems as if they’re the ones putting fellow citizens in fear. Police brutality isn’t a topic you frequently hear about, but the times we do it’s nothing short of a serious problem. I’m not sure if it’s to do with race or just about the law enforcement agencies believing they can abuse the power that is a privilege to them.…
What counts as a lawful or reasonable shooting? Videos of police brutality are surfacing over the course of this year and more specifically over the past few weeks. Although the videos or recordings are not photographs, they still hold significant meanings and interpretations. The many recordings include the shootings (murders) of Trayvon Martin, Freddie Gray, Laquan McDonald, Walter L. Scott, and many more. I believe that videos, specifically the recordings of police brutality, have the power to transform similar to how Sontag describes photographs in which she states “that photography transforms scenes of violence and suffering into something beautiful to evoke empathy, pity, or shock.…
“When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.” (Berry) Recently police brutality has become an alarming issue in society. At the end of 2015, thousands of deaths resulted in accusing victims dying in police custody.…