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. Police officers should use force during confrontations to prevent
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The stop-and-frisk police tactic allows officers to search suspicious people and their belongings to find illegal weapons or contraband. Supporters of stop-and-frisk insist that this strategy is responsible for getting guns and illegal drugs off of the street, and they also say this tactic has decreased crime rates (“Police Brutality”). If police did not use this tactic, criminals would be roaming the streets among innocent people, and they would bring potential danger along with them. Often times when an arrest is being made, the suspect tries to escape the officer; in order to ensure that the criminal does not get away, force has to be used. Force is not only for criminals, but also people who cannot do as their told by authority. For example, this past week a video has gone viral showing an officer pulling a girl out of her desk onto the ground in a classroom. The media wants you to believe that the officer came into the room and immediately used unnecessary force to get her to the ground. What the media did not show, were the other three authority figures who asked the girl to do something and she still refused. This officer did what was necessary to show the girl who was boss, and he also showed the other students that denying to do something is not acceptable. If the officer would not have used force, the girl would have gotten away with whatever she had done and felt like she could do it again without getting in
The stop-and-frisk police tactic allows officers to search suspicious people and their belongings to find illegal weapons or contraband. Supporters of stop-and-frisk insist that this strategy is responsible for getting guns and illegal drugs off of the street, and they also say this tactic has decreased crime rates (“Police Brutality”). If police did not use this tactic, criminals would be roaming the streets among innocent people, and they would bring potential danger along with them. Often times when an arrest is being made, the suspect tries to escape the officer; in order to ensure that the criminal does not get away, force has to be used. Force is not only for criminals, but also people who cannot do as their told by authority. For example, this past week a video has gone viral showing an officer pulling a girl out of her desk onto the ground in a classroom. The media wants you to believe that the officer came into the room and immediately used unnecessary force to get her to the ground. What the media did not show, were the other three authority figures who asked the girl to do something and she still refused. This officer did what was necessary to show the girl who was boss, and he also showed the other students that denying to do something is not acceptable. If the officer would not have used force, the girl would have gotten away with whatever she had done and felt like she could do it again without getting in