Law enforcement and other professions dealing with large, diverse groups of citizens face scrutiny as part of the job requirement. This not only exposes them to delicate situations or other cultures but, to the social activism sprung from the under lying problems of the communities. Poverty stricken communities are forced with stereotypes of violence and looting promoting the idea that this is the way of the entire community. (Text 4) This leads to an underlying problem of misunderstanding contributing to other problems, such as law enforcement brutality. Yet, poverty itself is not to blame. The tension between law enforcement and social activists seems to cultivate rapidly even though a lack of information is provided. Thus, leading to a
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The probability of receiving police brutality when coming into contact with the police seems relatively low. For example, in a study conducted in 2000 over 90 percent disagreed with the use of unnecessary force (Text 3).Additionally, a much lower group (15 percent) knew of the use of this misconduct (Text 3). This proves that the common myth that majority of cops abuse their power is false. With the author of this text knowing hands on the emotional and physical toll of the job, it’s certainly not surprising that he provides the reader with an understanding of the job. This helps to open up others perspectives and provide insight to how certain cases may have come to be. Overall, providing the general public with this knowledge beforehand helps lead to more understanding of the cases. Closing the data gap and hopefully easing tension between social reform and law enforcement. With that being said also understanding how often these mishaps of excessive force occur and how many are justified when evaluated is crucial to the battle of social activism and law enforcement. Reporting of “justifiable homicides” to the FBI is a permissive action. This not only makes the data unreliable and not ideal to use, but creates vast gray areas (Text 1). Altogether, with several key factors lacking its hard to dissolve these issues and come to a conclusion on why the brutality
The probability of receiving police brutality when coming into contact with the police seems relatively low. For example, in a study conducted in 2000 over 90 percent disagreed with the use of unnecessary force (Text 3).Additionally, a much lower group (15 percent) knew of the use of this misconduct (Text 3). This proves that the common myth that majority of cops abuse their power is false. With the author of this text knowing hands on the emotional and physical toll of the job, it’s certainly not surprising that he provides the reader with an understanding of the job. This helps to open up others perspectives and provide insight to how certain cases may have come to be. Overall, providing the general public with this knowledge beforehand helps lead to more understanding of the cases. Closing the data gap and hopefully easing tension between social reform and law enforcement. With that being said also understanding how often these mishaps of excessive force occur and how many are justified when evaluated is crucial to the battle of social activism and law enforcement. Reporting of “justifiable homicides” to the FBI is a permissive action. This not only makes the data unreliable and not ideal to use, but creates vast gray areas (Text 1). Altogether, with several key factors lacking its hard to dissolve these issues and come to a conclusion on why the brutality