Police Brutality
Police officers risk their lives daily to keep our communities safe. These men and women are often in situations where their lives are in danger. Facing dangerous criminals, police sometimes must use force. However some officers use more force than what is needed. Today this issue is debated constantly. All over the media cases of Police brutality come up everyday. Racism is believed to play a major factor in police brutality. A question constantly asked is why police brutality occurs. Police brutality is a national problem and can be stopped with everyday people.
Today many believe that police brutality and racism go hand and hand. Most national cases of police brutality that we see all over the news …show more content…
Today’s police officers need to treat everyone equally and not make judgements based on the race of the people.Today’s police officers do not have an understanding of what brutality is and what is not. A common question asked when police brutality is brought up is why and how does police brutality occur. Police officers are not robots and do not know everything. When a suspect is acting suspicious officers must keep themselves and other civilians safe based on their own judgements. “An officer does not have x-ray vision, acting in a suspicious manner, we know what the consequences are”(Swaine). Most officers try to do their job the best they can. Most of the time an officer has no clue whom he or she is dealing with. The officer could be dealing with someone who has weapons or one who might not. Police officers follow the strict procedures they are trained with. If the suspect acts suspicious they do whatever they can to keep themselves or other civilians safe. Police officers have a very quick decision to make in seconds, the decision they make could mean life or death (Salt Lake Tribune). A major issue is when it comes down to these situations officers often …show more content…
Police can often easily get away with their brutality cases because they are the ones that will be believed. “ One out of every three accused cops are convicted nationwide while the conviction rate for civilians is literally double that”(Kristian). Chicago has had major issues with prosecuting officers for police brutality. “There were 10,000 abuse complaints filed against the chicago PD, between 2002 and 2004 and just 19 of them resulted in meaningful disciplinary action.”(Kristian). A big problem is that juries are trained to listen to a police officer. Officers can make it seem like they are not at fault when really they are. These cases of brutality in courts often get nowhere and are major wastes of money. Millions of dollars of taxpayer money are wasted on these cases where officers do not get punished for their actions. To punish these officers for their actions, proof is needed. One very effective way of gathering evidence, is making it mandatory for all cops to have cameras mounted on them. These cameras will stop officers from doing something they would do if they knew that no one was watching, and if theymaking it mandatory for all cops to have cameras mounted on them. These cameras will stop officers from doing something they would do if they knew that no one was watching, and if they all of their actions. “Public complaints against officers plunged 88 percent
Police officers risk their lives daily to keep our communities safe. These men and women are often in situations where their lives are in danger. Facing dangerous criminals, police sometimes must use force. However some officers use more force than what is needed. Today this issue is debated constantly. All over the media cases of Police brutality come up everyday. Racism is believed to play a major factor in police brutality. A question constantly asked is why police brutality occurs. Police brutality is a national problem and can be stopped with everyday people.
Today many believe that police brutality and racism go hand and hand. Most national cases of police brutality that we see all over the news …show more content…
Today’s police officers need to treat everyone equally and not make judgements based on the race of the people.Today’s police officers do not have an understanding of what brutality is and what is not. A common question asked when police brutality is brought up is why and how does police brutality occur. Police officers are not robots and do not know everything. When a suspect is acting suspicious officers must keep themselves and other civilians safe based on their own judgements. “An officer does not have x-ray vision, acting in a suspicious manner, we know what the consequences are”(Swaine). Most officers try to do their job the best they can. Most of the time an officer has no clue whom he or she is dealing with. The officer could be dealing with someone who has weapons or one who might not. Police officers follow the strict procedures they are trained with. If the suspect acts suspicious they do whatever they can to keep themselves or other civilians safe. Police officers have a very quick decision to make in seconds, the decision they make could mean life or death (Salt Lake Tribune). A major issue is when it comes down to these situations officers often …show more content…
Police can often easily get away with their brutality cases because they are the ones that will be believed. “ One out of every three accused cops are convicted nationwide while the conviction rate for civilians is literally double that”(Kristian). Chicago has had major issues with prosecuting officers for police brutality. “There were 10,000 abuse complaints filed against the chicago PD, between 2002 and 2004 and just 19 of them resulted in meaningful disciplinary action.”(Kristian). A big problem is that juries are trained to listen to a police officer. Officers can make it seem like they are not at fault when really they are. These cases of brutality in courts often get nowhere and are major wastes of money. Millions of dollars of taxpayer money are wasted on these cases where officers do not get punished for their actions. To punish these officers for their actions, proof is needed. One very effective way of gathering evidence, is making it mandatory for all cops to have cameras mounted on them. These cameras will stop officers from doing something they would do if they knew that no one was watching, and if theymaking it mandatory for all cops to have cameras mounted on them. These cameras will stop officers from doing something they would do if they knew that no one was watching, and if they all of their actions. “Public complaints against officers plunged 88 percent