Police Brutality Today

The photo is set in black in white, there is a young African American man standing in the middle of a busy city street, while two white cops face him each holding a dog tightly in hand. One of the dogs is posed mid-attack, getting ready to sink his teeth into the boy; the crowd of onlookers is still, watching silently as the scene unfolds. This photo was one of many that were taken during a time of protest and pandemonium and the powerful message it presented in the past is still one that resonates with people to this day. The image serving as a reminder that police brutality is a problem society still faces today.

Similarly, there have been events today involving young minorities that too involve policemen using excessive force. Names …show more content…
Similar to the past, there is violent and nonviolent protest, a flawed justice system and frustrated middle and lower class. Which poses the question, what has changed? Why is police brutality the hot topic it is today? Well, unlike the past people have been able to outsource information at an alarmingly fast rate thanks to various sources of media. And it 's because of these new tools of information that people have now begun to take into question the accountability of these public officials, and whether or not this lack of accountability is what keeps allowing police officials who commit human rights violations to repeatedly escape punishment. It is occurrences like these that bring to light, irregularities or flaws within the criminal justice system. However until something is done these ‘criminal police officers’ will continuously be granted impunity while the voice of the citizen is silenced and swept under the …show more content…
Nothing can be solved until people take a personal responsibility and make the necessary changes that are needed to start solving this issue. Hence, if people want the police to be held accountable, then they must also hold themselves accountable as well. For example, going back to the Baltimore riot, people were outraged enough to rally in the street, as it was their right as American citizens. However, when the protest turned a corner, it stopped being a protest and started becoming something else entirely; anarchy. There was no clear objective in their actions, as a result, in the public eye what was once a relatable cause became a riot of capricious criminals. Cars were being set on fire, buildings were being ransacked and many businesses in the community were destroyed. There was no method to their madness, in effect these people became the exact type of criminals that they were trying to