Walter Scott horrific death is a clear example that it is crucial for all police officers to wear body cameras. Police officers in body cameras will prevent violence, hold them accountability for appropriate and inappropriate behavior, and serve as on hand evidence. In order to understand my position on police officers…
When we think of Dr. Seuss, we think of rhyming, funny words, and bright colors. According to one peer “One is unlikely to find Nazi swastikas in any of the Dr. Seuss books; but Dr. Seuss, the political cartoonist, included them regularly in his war drawings. ”2 He used his drawings to show his opposition for racism and anti-Semitism. Even though he was against racism…
Posters were posted all around Germany to raise awareness about “getting rid of the Jews”. For example, the German swastika was heavily publicized because it was a hate symbol against the Jewish people. The Nazi’s views were very harsh and wrong, but…
Thirty one year old Dontre Hamilton was shot and killed by officer Christopher Manney in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The incident occurred on the evening of April 30, 2014 at Red Arrow Park after a nearby Starbuck’s employee complained about an alleged homeless Hamilton sleeping in the park. Hamilton was initially confronted by two different officers and they concluded that he was not doing anything wrong. Officer Manney was unaware of the previous officers’ presence so he decided to follow up on the disturbance call. At the time of Manney’s arrival the other officers had already left the scene, thus officer Manney approached Hamilton and conducted a pat down.…
Excessive Use of Force and Racial Bias in Law Enforcement in the USA Over the last five years, the nation has become polarized on one issue in particular, excessive force and racial bias in policing. The use of excessive force by police officers is not a new phenomenon, and even the racial bias that has a massive impact on the manner in which police officers police specific areas, and the level of hostility used when engaging specific groups, is nothing new. However, the frequency in which this hostility leads to the use of deadly force has definitely intensified over the last five to seven years. Another point that has to be examined during the anatomization of the facts surrounding this phenomenon is the disproportionate representation of black male victims of this type of violence.…
Looking back on past tragedies one can see the effects that hysteria has had on communities, fearful residents never contribute to the success and happiness of a community, but rather the destruction of one. Examples of times when hysteria has taken control of a weak community can be found in looking at the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and in McCarthyism from the late 1940s to mid-1950s. However, while society has learned from these experiences, this does not make it so that hysteria is completely avoidable. Even in this modern-day and age, hysteria can be found tearing apart a community, or even something larger. Mass hysteria can spread through a community like a wildfire when there is no absolute way to be certain that what one fears is harmless.…
Police brutality is a very sensitive and controversial topic of discussion in the United States. Police brutality occurs when an officer uses excessive or unnecessary force when dealing with other people. Police have been under a microscope recently to make sure that their actions are necessary and appropriate for the situation that they are in due to the fact that there has been widespread media coverage of police brutality. This media coverage has allowed people to examine how police officers go about their business and determine whether or not they think that the police officer’s actions are just. Police brutality has been the cause for protest and the formation of movements such as “Black Lives Matter”.…
Throughout U.S. history a significant amount of all murders and assaults has been cause of hatred. Today in some places of the world people that are African Americans are describe as the first hate crime victims. Even though in America a hate crime is considered to be an illegal act against a person. It is still been a big social problem, it is either with racist cops (which I will get into soon) or racist people in general. Recently there has been countless video of racist cops encounters with black people a most recent popular one is the Sandra Bland case in which she was approached by a cop for a minor traffic stop in which ended up in conflict between the both that was recorded by the officer's dashcam.…
Introduction Lately in the news there has been a little more coverage on the problem of police brutality. The topic of police brutality is important, or at least to me, because I believe the police are countlessly getting away with use of excessive force. The problem of police brutality can really affect anyone. However, it is more likely that a person of color experience the front end of the bull.…
INTRODUCTION The act of crime is brought about by breaking the law enforced by the government thus, there is violation of rights entitled to individuals and disruptions of well-being (Brown et al. 2013: 20). The duty of a law enforcement officer is to eradicate crime in a society, it’s to promote peace and ensure safety within a society. Additionally, law enforcement officers are normally seen as law abiding citizens who are tasked with implementing the laws at all jurisdictional levels (Otu 2006: 18). At the same time, some law enforcement officers see themselves as crime fighters, while others consider themselves helpers of those who cannot help themselves.…
Police brutality and weaponry has a lot of history from the civil rights movement and it is still happening today. I believe that there is a lot to be said and a lot to be done about the current rate of police brutality, history creates the present, the only reason why it is still happening today is because for one, history repeats itself and the second thing is in the past it was never looked at as really and horribly wrong but rather as a way of discipline. The Civil Rights Movement, which all had large police brutality rates spanning from the 1920’s-1960’s. However, police brutality did not stop there.…
If you attempt to Google “victimization of those that work in the system”, the first thing that is going to come up is someone else asking, “Can police officers be victimized?” Needless to say, I felt that the Internet could not help me, so if this makes no sense, I apologize. Anyways, I thought about that question on Google that had a seemingly obvious answer. Those who work in the system are only human, meaning that of course, they can be victimized. If we look at them just as people, the list of types of victimization could be never ending.…
Labeling theorists and deterrence theorists both have a particular view with their theories when it comes to criminal punishment. To understand those views it is essential to first understand both the labeling and the deterrence theory. Labeling theory looks into labels that are placed on individuals based off of certain characteristics or attributions that they posses. This can be seen as a form of control to weaken another by giving them a particular label. With this being stated labeling theory can be associated with social control as labeling another individual can be viewed as a social control.…
The use of police force is a sensitive topic, and many people only take into consideration what they are shown through the media. The media portrays many officers as racist, biased, relentless, and brutal men and women who use their power to injure innocent people and to fill their hearts with pride. This label that the media has placed on officers and the force they use in certain situations, has led to many arguments about whether or not force should be used during confrontation. Police officers are the ones we call when we have a situation that we cannot control ourselves. No two police officers are the same, and their reactions to the same situation may be completely different.…
Recently, there have been several incidents involving police brutality, where police have been too violent with people. Police brutality has been around for a long time and for the same reasons, one being racism. The victims are usually, specific races such as African American and Hispanic. The reason behind why they receive such major punishment doesn’t make sense due to their lack of guiltiness. Police have used excessive force against them for unjustified reasons; the situation has resulted so inimical, to the point where these poor victims have actually been killed.…