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    racism in my opinion as well as others is police brutality and racial profiling. Many people think if someone from one specific race does a…

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    Since the civil rights movements in the 1960’s American citizens have had issues with police crime and police ethnic. Within the last decade since the spread of social media have spread ideals that the police have been looked at as a symbol of fear and violence. The fear of the police has created riots and protests across the country. We have seen how these police officers have reacted in these negative/violent situations in which dangerous events become unpredicted and officers need to follow…

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    American this year have been killed already by police brutality. Michael Brown was the unarmed innocent teen who was shot and killed on August 9, 2014 by Darren Wilson a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri that made nationwide news. Some important background information to know about the Michael Brown case are words like police brutality, black lives matter, and people Michael Brown and Darren Wilson. Police brutality is acts of violence committed by police. Black Lives Matter is a racial…

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    Police everywhere throughout America, use excessive force and brutalize civilians every single day. The reason for this is still unclear. Police brutality is when police use “unreasonable force” or force not suited for the current situation. Police brutality goes beyond physical force, it is also verbal, or any form of abusing their authority. Overall, police brutality is thought to be a cause of an unjust system, the police mentality and how police react under pressure. An unjust system would…

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    Many of you have probably heard on the news about of all the police brutality happening all around the world. It happens mostly in the United States, but also in other places including Canada. Police brutality has brought up many disputes between ordinary citizens and the law enforcement; it has also brought to the eyes of many of some of the corruption in some of the law enforcement. Racism is a major topic related to police brutality, since many of those assaulted, unlawfully arrested, or…

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    It is clear that the United States has a problem with police brutality and racial injustice. Its been too many cases now where anyone who is not Caucasian gets shot for stupid reasons. I don’t seem to understand how a 12-year-old boys gets shot because he had a “gun” which by the way was toy. Last time I checked kids loved playing with toy guns. While a little boy gets shoot in the park because he was a “treat” a white man murder of nine African Americans and many injured gets arrested in a…

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    Police Brutality There have been many lives taken from the black community. Taken by the authority in uniform that we look to for safety. Taken by the authority who is supposed to protect and serve. Taken by officers who ride in a car that flicks red, white, and blue lights. These are the colors of the United States Flag that symbolizes different meanings. Red is the hardiness and the valor. Blue is of the chief, vigilance, perseverance, and justice, and white symbolizes purity and innocence.…

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    Truth about Police Brutality in Modern Times In current events cases of police brutality, or alleged police brutality, are controversial issues. The world is full of good people and bad people and this is the same in the police department. Just as police officers sometimes stereotype civilians by their skin color society has begun to stereotype police officers. Police use of excessive force is a big problem. There are many different cases in which police use unnecessary force while on the job.…

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    they had to take justice into their own hands and wrongfully started looting, destroying, and hurting anything in their path. In a sense, they were getting back at the “man”. While this occurred over 25 years ago one would believe that cases of police brutality would be a product of the past and not continue to this day, but unfortunately…

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    mayhem taking after the demise of Freddie Gray, who passed away on April 19th because an extreme spinal cord damage that occurred while in police authority. But before we get into why exactly this happened, let’s get into the background of police brutality and exactly how long it’s been going on. Police brutality has been going on since the beginning of the police force, regardless of race, since before when it was only just the Europeans the thought of power above the law has always been…

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