Police Brutality Essay

long-lasting concerns of humanity. We thought racism ended about 60 years ago, but what people don’t realize is that every day and every night there are unspeakable acts of racism taking place around the world. For example, months ago in Baltimore, a police officer murdered a young black boy. It seems that the people that are meant to protect us are the one destroying us. The act of racism is immoral: it kills its victims very slowly by destroying every bit of confidence they have. Racism does…

during a real emergency. That is not always the case in our society anymore though. The national 911 services have gradually become an abused luxury and not a source for help in an extreme emergency. The three main service’s provided EMS, Fire, and Police have become attacked and abused. The abuse of 911 has become a critical problem that needs to be addressed as soon as possible in order the secure the future of emergency services and the safety of our future as a community. Many people will…

During the 1950s, racism was prominent. Many people, displaying bravery, spoke out and protested against segregation. Of these people, one prominent person whose legacy left an impact, is Rosa Parks. as she was sat in her seat on the bus that would take her home the bus driver approached her and asked her to leave her seats so that white people can sit in it. Being the brave person she is she refused and stood up to the bus driver. Consequently, Parks was arrested, jailed, and fined. Rosa Parks…

Sport fans take sports and it’s competition too far. By Tommy Frederick According to Seattle times “Four fans were arrested, five more ejected from the arena, one police officer was injured and Fancy — then age 17 — received an unprecedented five-game playoff suspension for his stick swinging role in one of our city’s ugliest sports incidents.” That right there shows how nuts and how out of control sport fans are. They take it to another level and it gets serious. Sport fans take the…

In the Baltimore videos, there are many significant issues that resonated with me. “The Issues Behind the Uprising” brought up the issue of unaffordable housing and landlords who abandoned their tenants. Many minorities in Baltimore have been subjected to something less than human. The other video, “Anatomy of an American City”, addresses the increasing murder rate in Baltimore. A man named Dante was a drug dealer who got caught up in selling drugs and he said that when you are desperate to take…

Since its emergence in 2013, the Black Lives Matter activist movement has been critiqued, analyzed and challenged from multiple angles. Specifically, the ways in which it defies previous black civil rights movements, the usage of social media and digital forms of activism from its members, accusations of disregarding other marginalized groups and lack of a centralized focus. Each of these critiques are worthy of greater analysis because of the opportunities to better understand how activism…

The undercover most violent race organizations in the world are the black panthers. The black panther is a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization. The black panthers have two extremely hardcore leaders who go by the name Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Huey P. Newton was born in Monroe, Louisiana, on February 17, 1942. Huey was named after the former governor Huey P. Long. The Black Panthers organization was founded in Oakland, California. This particular organization was made…

It was not until this moment I witnessed police brutality first hand. It’s a summer night my brother and I went to the liquor store. While my brother was at the counter purchasing merchandise inside the liquor store I stood behind him next in line. As he was purchasing the merchandise from the store two caucasian police officers came charging into the liquor store. One of the officers grab my brother’s head, slamming it against the counter and placing his arms behind his back. The experience of…

Is police authority breaking the limits? That is the question nowadays. People are wondering if police brutality exists and if it has begun to overwhelm. Police authority is regulated by the U.S. Constitution, however the abuse of these guidelines leads to police brutality. The use of any force beyond what is necessary to arrest a suspect and keep police and bystanders safe is considered police brutality (Segan). It may also be measured as any violation of the due process that the Constitution…

Police departments too often use excessive force, injuring people suspected of crimes and occasionally killing them. People of minority groups and the poor or the homeless are often the victims of police brutality. Law enforcement agencies repeatedly try to cover it up. This has become a controversial issue among many countries and communities that have seen police brutality take place in their own neighborhood. Police officers are challenged with dangerous situations every single day, which…