The Importance Of Police Brutality

The sense of urgency I force on this issue comes from multiple avenues. First off, let us think about what it means to have a Human Rights Watch investigation into police misconduct of one of the most powerful and modern nations in the world. The back cover of the published investigation notes that “despite promises of reform following high-profile incidents, abusive treatment by police officers persists because systems presumably designed to hold officers accountable instead, in practice, often allow them to escape punishment of any kind.” The investigation detailed the human rights abuses from over a decade ago, but as mentioned before through our examination of current literature and statistics, nothing has changed and in the recent year problems have become more publicized and obvious leading to the question of what can be done? …show more content…
law and police department policies, police brutality violates international human rights treaties by which the U.S. is bound; the failure of the U.S. institutions to hold police accountable is also a breach of international human rights standards.” Is a police system that allows its officers to shoot at a moving car 137 times, pummeling the individuals inside with 20 plus shots apiece the type of protection we need? If you ask some, they may be seeking protection against the actions of the police, not help. How about the many other disasters we have witnessed this past year? The slaughtering of teenager Michael Brown and preteen Tamir Rice? The refusal to allow our minority communities the justice and due process they deserve as citizens of the United States of America and as human beings whose protection the Human Rights Watch organization sees as significantly more important than the citizens own government. Why does Human Rights Watch care more about the welfare of individuals in the country than the government or police