Racism in police treatment of minorities has caused many disparities within our criminal justice system. Racism and excessive force seem be what the media is covering now. There are many cases that we find out from the media, but many more that police racism and brutality go unreported. Series of reports have been published, says that young black men are more likely to be incarcerated at a rate far greater than their number in the overall population. Does the media play a role in how police treatment is shown, or is it the minorities and their environment that cause the excessive force? What about the brutality of police shooting family pets, what is the cause of this epidemic?
Pet adviser starts with a story, of a Dog named Reese who is …show more content…
This stastics shows that Law enforcement encounter dogs in the course of almost every kind of police interaction with the public. One instant Blaney speaks of is when Baltimore Police officer, Dan Washiewics responded to a dog about a “vicious dog” chasing children, when he arrived at the scene he found the dog was not a threat but he was being chased by the children, who were throwing glass bottles at him, and the dog was trying to escape. The officer called the dog over, who came over quickly with his tail between his legs and he sat, and the dog who is now named Bo was adopted by the officer. But unfortunely not all stories end like this, more encounters are ending in death of pet dogs. The U.S. Department of Justice sees it as something is wrong and a problem, in its 2011 publication “The problem of Dog-Related incidents and encounters” states the number of dog fatalities by law enforcement (is) on the increase….”
Dog shootings seem to be happening for two reasons. One being directly related to the dog, running loose or one indirectly involving a dog as an innocent bystander, such as the story above of the dog being on a leash and barking and the Officer feeling …show more content…
He states
“[P]olice officers on patrol in our nation’s cities often work in environments where a hugely disproportionate percentage of street crime is committed by young men of color. Something happens to people of good will working in that environment. After years of police work, officers often can’t help but be influenced by the cynicism they feel.
A mental shortcut becomes almost irresistible and maybe even rational by some lights. The two young black men on one side of the street look like so many others the officer has locked up. Two white men on the other side of the street—even in the same clothes—do not. The officer does not make the same association about the two white guys, whether that officer is white or black. And that drives different behavior. The officer turns toward one side of the street and not the other. We need to come to grips with the fact that this behavior complicates the relationship between police and the communities they
Pet adviser starts with a story, of a Dog named Reese who is …show more content…
This stastics shows that Law enforcement encounter dogs in the course of almost every kind of police interaction with the public. One instant Blaney speaks of is when Baltimore Police officer, Dan Washiewics responded to a dog about a “vicious dog” chasing children, when he arrived at the scene he found the dog was not a threat but he was being chased by the children, who were throwing glass bottles at him, and the dog was trying to escape. The officer called the dog over, who came over quickly with his tail between his legs and he sat, and the dog who is now named Bo was adopted by the officer. But unfortunely not all stories end like this, more encounters are ending in death of pet dogs. The U.S. Department of Justice sees it as something is wrong and a problem, in its 2011 publication “The problem of Dog-Related incidents and encounters” states the number of dog fatalities by law enforcement (is) on the increase….”
Dog shootings seem to be happening for two reasons. One being directly related to the dog, running loose or one indirectly involving a dog as an innocent bystander, such as the story above of the dog being on a leash and barking and the Officer feeling …show more content…
He states
“[P]olice officers on patrol in our nation’s cities often work in environments where a hugely disproportionate percentage of street crime is committed by young men of color. Something happens to people of good will working in that environment. After years of police work, officers often can’t help but be influenced by the cynicism they feel.
A mental shortcut becomes almost irresistible and maybe even rational by some lights. The two young black men on one side of the street look like so many others the officer has locked up. Two white men on the other side of the street—even in the same clothes—do not. The officer does not make the same association about the two white guys, whether that officer is white or black. And that drives different behavior. The officer turns toward one side of the street and not the other. We need to come to grips with the fact that this behavior complicates the relationship between police and the communities they