Stereotyping Minority Groups
The video “Ten Rules for Dealing with Police” shows three cases in which three minorities were suspected of criminal activity when being questioned or pulled over by law enforcement. Police often believe because they are the law, they have special privileges and try to assert their dominance if their boundaries are overstepped. With that being said, there are respectful cops and morally deprived cops throughout the United States. Different places in the United States have a higher crime rate, police officers need to go off of instinct, kill or be killed, which accounts for some of the stereotyping. In the video, “10 Rules for Dealing with Police” reveals how higher authorities confront and manage each minority …show more content…
The most dangerous gangs emerged in the 1900s of African American decent, creating a bad image for the minority throughout the 20th and 21st century. Today they are the most recognized minority in some of the most dangerous gangs, such as the Bloods and Crips. The opening story in the video is about a male African American who gets pulled over by a police officer. The alleged reason the African American gets pulled over is for swerving in and out of the driving lanes. Contrary to the allegation, in the video the car did not appear to be swerving. When the police officer approaches the African American’s car, when questioned the African American projects an attitude toward the officer for the reason that it is his fourth time getting pulled over this year. The African American should have been more respectful toward the police officer which may have produced a better outcome for the African American. As the African American hands the officer his license and registration the officer asks the man if he is involved in any gang activity, which demonstrates stereotyping among the minority of the African American community. The police officer assumes he might be involved in a gang because of his cultural background. The police officer continues to tell the African American to get out of the car and put his hands behind his back implying he is …show more content…
The final story in the video mentioned an elderly woman relaxing at her house knitting and watching television. When two police officers knocked on her door to promote gun safety and asked her for permission to come inside. The police officers wanted to enter her house to search for guns, because of a new program that wanted to promote a gun free community. The elderly woman gave the police officers consent to enter her home only to search for guns. Half way through the search the male officer asks the elderly woman to stand up so he can search through the couch. She stands up and the police officer notices a small bag of marijuana. The elderly woman explains she has no idea what marijuana is and the officer looked at her and said “don’t play dumb you know what it is?” This comment made by the police officer proves that officers can say anything they want to the elderly community because they are the law; respect is not a requirement. When the elderly woman mentions to the officers that she often cooks for the children in the neighborhood, she explains that the marijuana could have belonged to one of the children. The officers continued to believe it was her marijuana, so the officers handcuffed her and took her to the police station. The officers charged her for possession of marijuana when it did not belong to her. The elderly woman
The video “Ten Rules for Dealing with Police” shows three cases in which three minorities were suspected of criminal activity when being questioned or pulled over by law enforcement. Police often believe because they are the law, they have special privileges and try to assert their dominance if their boundaries are overstepped. With that being said, there are respectful cops and morally deprived cops throughout the United States. Different places in the United States have a higher crime rate, police officers need to go off of instinct, kill or be killed, which accounts for some of the stereotyping. In the video, “10 Rules for Dealing with Police” reveals how higher authorities confront and manage each minority …show more content…
The most dangerous gangs emerged in the 1900s of African American decent, creating a bad image for the minority throughout the 20th and 21st century. Today they are the most recognized minority in some of the most dangerous gangs, such as the Bloods and Crips. The opening story in the video is about a male African American who gets pulled over by a police officer. The alleged reason the African American gets pulled over is for swerving in and out of the driving lanes. Contrary to the allegation, in the video the car did not appear to be swerving. When the police officer approaches the African American’s car, when questioned the African American projects an attitude toward the officer for the reason that it is his fourth time getting pulled over this year. The African American should have been more respectful toward the police officer which may have produced a better outcome for the African American. As the African American hands the officer his license and registration the officer asks the man if he is involved in any gang activity, which demonstrates stereotyping among the minority of the African American community. The police officer assumes he might be involved in a gang because of his cultural background. The police officer continues to tell the African American to get out of the car and put his hands behind his back implying he is …show more content…
The final story in the video mentioned an elderly woman relaxing at her house knitting and watching television. When two police officers knocked on her door to promote gun safety and asked her for permission to come inside. The police officers wanted to enter her house to search for guns, because of a new program that wanted to promote a gun free community. The elderly woman gave the police officers consent to enter her home only to search for guns. Half way through the search the male officer asks the elderly woman to stand up so he can search through the couch. She stands up and the police officer notices a small bag of marijuana. The elderly woman explains she has no idea what marijuana is and the officer looked at her and said “don’t play dumb you know what it is?” This comment made by the police officer proves that officers can say anything they want to the elderly community because they are the law; respect is not a requirement. When the elderly woman mentions to the officers that she often cooks for the children in the neighborhood, she explains that the marijuana could have belonged to one of the children. The officers continued to believe it was her marijuana, so the officers handcuffed her and took her to the police station. The officers charged her for possession of marijuana when it did not belong to her. The elderly woman