Police Brutality When cops continually use their training and tactics in ways that brutally harm and injure people, it is unjustly wrong. It is becoming an assumption that white cops are purposely targeting African American citizens. Cops are rushing to conclusions and taking lives or seriously injuring people. Once these citizens are injured it makes it very hard for them to believe in or even trust the law, which in turn is causing a major concern nationwide. Take for instance the Michael Brown “Hands up, don’t shoot” incident that happened on August 9, 2014. Michael Brown, an African American teen, was shot by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. Police were called to the Ferguson Market where Michael and his friend Dorian
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It has been a rising issue for many years, but no one has spoke up about it or stood for what is right. A lack of reaction is most likely because they are afraid of being targeted by the police. In Chicago it is a major concern how police will target someone and how they treat that person if they are a colored teenager. It has rose to a level that no one can understand. This action has led to a report that is to be presented to the United Nations in next months meeting. They are considering what the police are doing as “culture of impunity.” Even though Chicago is only made up of 33% blacks, in 2011 of all of the youth arrests in Chicago 77% of them were black. It is also known that 92% of the stun gun related arrests were against black and Latino youth. These cases are proving that police brutality is primarily targeting citizens of colored races. However, what makes this brutality a lot worse is that the police officers are very rarely being held accountable or punished for what they are …show more content…
Even though these citizens are committing crimes it doesn’t mean that cops have a right to abuse them. Police shouldn’t be able to shoot someone based on an assumption of someone having a gun. If that person was to reach for the “gun” then I believe that the police should be allowed to shoot, but not just because they think they have a gun. Police brutality needs to be stopped. Cops need to be convicted and not be saved by the justice
It has been a rising issue for many years, but no one has spoke up about it or stood for what is right. A lack of reaction is most likely because they are afraid of being targeted by the police. In Chicago it is a major concern how police will target someone and how they treat that person if they are a colored teenager. It has rose to a level that no one can understand. This action has led to a report that is to be presented to the United Nations in next months meeting. They are considering what the police are doing as “culture of impunity.” Even though Chicago is only made up of 33% blacks, in 2011 of all of the youth arrests in Chicago 77% of them were black. It is also known that 92% of the stun gun related arrests were against black and Latino youth. These cases are proving that police brutality is primarily targeting citizens of colored races. However, what makes this brutality a lot worse is that the police officers are very rarely being held accountable or punished for what they are …show more content…
Even though these citizens are committing crimes it doesn’t mean that cops have a right to abuse them. Police shouldn’t be able to shoot someone based on an assumption of someone having a gun. If that person was to reach for the “gun” then I believe that the police should be allowed to shoot, but not just because they think they have a gun. Police brutality needs to be stopped. Cops need to be convicted and not be saved by the justice