Police Brutality Essay

In 1607, Great Britain had discovered and colonized thirteen new territories along the east coast of North America. Over the next century and a half, those thirteen colonies have struggled and fought for their freedom from the British. In 1776, they had accomplished their goal. On July 4, 1776 those thirteen colonies had declared their independence from Great Britain and later formed the United States of America. A month later, on August 2, 1776 the Declaration Of Independence was signed. A…

Police, who were mainly white, were at the top of the food chain back then, and everyone else fell below. In the film, they are continuously showing how the police, who were shown mostly as white individuals with the exception of one being a black man, were trying to control every aspect of the streets. They held all the power, and most of the time, they were more corrupt than the black innocent men they were harassing. An example of this in the film includes police constantly searching…

the relationship with police officers and African Americans. “Fuck Tha Police”. The time that N.W.A released their Straight Outta Compton album, the Los Angeles Police Department was taking major forces…

young adult novel that focuses on police brutality from the viewpoints of two teenage boys: Rashad Butler, an African American male that has been beaten mercilessly by a policeman, Paul Galluzzo, and Quinn Collins, a witness to the beating. Although it is a fictitious scenario, it depicts real-life encounters between blacks and police, racial profiling, and the corrupt justice system of America. The book illustrates the impact of systematic racism and police brutality, which may affect the lives…

RODNEY AND THE PEOPLE VS. LAPD Let's take it back to about 24 years ago. The year of 1992 to be exact. Rodney Glen King III was one of the first known victims of police brutality and his story lives on till this very day. It all started in Los Angeles , California on March 3,1991. King was severely beaten by 4 LAPD officers suffering the extreme injuries of a fractured facial bone, broken right ankle, multiple bruises,lacerations, and permanent brain damage. The incident was filmed by witness…

also took on issues like housing, welfare and health, which made it relatable to black people everywhere.” This party tackled many aspects of black lives and made it known that their intentions not only were to protect the black folks of brutality but also provide further assistance in their everyday lives. This party became an astonishing movement and cities all over the world were attracted by it, however; in 1967 Huey was prosecuted for the deathly shooting of John Frey, a twenty three year…

Toya Graham became the unofficial “Mom of the Year” when she caught her son rioting during the conflict in Baltimore back in April earlier this year. Mayhem erupted in Baltimore after the funeral of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old man who died from injuries sustained during an arrest. Cameras were rolling as Toya slapped her son and tried to take him away from the disturbance, and that video footage went viral and gained mixed opinions about the manner. Since the video went viral, the conversation…

Staff). This effort is credited to being the reason why the Black Panther Party became more and more violent. Even though the group ended in the 1980s, its’ legacy is still felt today as groups such as the Black Lives Matter movement fight against police brutality and the general disrespect and negligence that is shown to some African American communities that now need the very services the Black Panther Party…

Moral panic can be defined in many different ways. One way where “Moral panic” can be better understood is by defining it as a concept as panic, fear, morals and/or “a state intervention greatly exceed the objectives threat posed to society by a particular individual or group” (Bonn Scott, Psychology today). It can also be defining as ideology of what’s wrong and and right beliefs. Like discussed in class, moral panics can be presented in both ideology and social justice. Although Professor…

threatening about what the party set out to achieve. Many did not understand the Panthers, because in all honesty, they were very intimidating. The way they Panthers dressed in all black was very horrifying and a tactic in itself to intimidate the police. The whole purpose was to look demeaning to law enforcements in hopes of frightening them from carrying out bad deeds, which they deemed right and justifiable. With doing so, that tactic carried out a perception of violence to the society. The…