It seems like Americans and even the media are pointing the finger at the police, and from the looks of the statistics, there are valid reasons why. Police brutality is when an officer uses more force than necessary to detain a person. It is also one of the main problems in the United States. Every year, thousands of incident reports are filed for some type of police brutality. The different types consist of racial profiling, excessive force, verbal abuse, malicious prosecution, psychological intimidation, unreasonable search, rights of pre-trial detainees, sexual abuse, and false arrests and/or imprisonment. This is a serious issue that has only gotten worse over the years. Just in the United States alone, over 1,070 people have been wrongfully killed by the police this year and from the looks of the statistics from previous years, the rate might double or even triple. Officers continue to abuse their power by acting brutally in order to detain the
It seems like Americans and even the media are pointing the finger at the police, and from the looks of the statistics, there are valid reasons why. Police brutality is when an officer uses more force than necessary to detain a person. It is also one of the main problems in the United States. Every year, thousands of incident reports are filed for some type of police brutality. The different types consist of racial profiling, excessive force, verbal abuse, malicious prosecution, psychological intimidation, unreasonable search, rights of pre-trial detainees, sexual abuse, and false arrests and/or imprisonment. This is a serious issue that has only gotten worse over the years. Just in the United States alone, over 1,070 people have been wrongfully killed by the police this year and from the looks of the statistics from previous years, the rate might double or even triple. Officers continue to abuse their power by acting brutally in order to detain the