Police Brutality Essay

should we stand up for the America flag when unfair racial injustice, social injustice, and police brutality are still going on today. “Stand for What?” is Nick Cannon spoken word in this song to manifesto many kinds of images and symbols that continue to ponder individuals Americanness. This song was released on Sunday, September 24, 2017, when he was protested at St. Louis for the unjustifiably slain of a police officer name Jason Stockley for killing a black unarmed teen name Anthony Lamar…

Benjamin Spock once said, “Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal” (Goodreads). With the minority in the United States, the majority never knows how tough lives of minorities can be. Wesley Lowery writes a book on the discrimination of police brutality and what he saw through his own cultural lens. He is an African American journalist for the Washington Post. Lowery attended Ohio University…

the trial. Officer Christopher Manney was not charged with the murder of Dontre Hamilton, but Manney’s local police chief still found faults in his officer’s actions despite the lack of a conviction. Due to the power of the local police department, the police chief was allowed to release officer Manney from the police force without a conviction. Citizens supported the Milwaukee police chief, but were upset that charges were not brought. Many may have believed that the crime committed was a…

in this country. Black Lives Matter serves as a social justice movement with the initial idea of seeking to end discrimination, police brutality and highlight the racial inequality in the criminal justice system. Since the start of Black Lives Matter it has attained mass appeal publically creating a dialogue centered on the topics of racial inequality and police brutality. In addition to the attention the movement has earned, the amount of…

corruption in the New Orleans Police Department Although police officers take an oath to protect and serve citizens in our society. we have some officers that our corrupt and willing do anything just to protect themselves from being exposed from their unethical behavior. In 1994 three officers from New Orleans police department committed an unspeakable crime murder for hire and a violent drug gang. The killing of Kim grove’s was thirty-two years old and was gunned down by police officer that…

Pleasant Police and Central Michigan University campus officers in Plachta Auditorium. Students were given the opportunity to write questions that Rand and the officers would be asked, however, I didn’t participate due to the high volume of questions that had already been obtained. Because Rand was Michael Brown and Trayvon Martins attorney in their civil rights case this presentation was expected to be about these cases that lead to the “Black Lives Matter” movement, race issues, and police…

Hashtag (#) Black Lives Matter The first time I ever even seen or heard of the powerful movement of black lives matter was through my social media twitter account. Shortly after the traumatic incident of Travon Martin is when I was awaken to the police brutality that been continuing on for years and years. The Black Lives Matter hashtag was inspiring to many young adults through social media’s influence and help. According to an article titled, Social Media Usage 2005-2015 stated “Among all…

brought up slavery just to see sparks fly between both races. Both races have been living in peace for many years and it would be sad to see society reverse time. This hatred for one another will not stop until people start realizing that police brutality is not a race issue, it is just a fault in the system. The only problem here is ignorant people that believe everything the news says, cops who are doing their job incorrectly, and people committing hate crimes on people who were not even…

committed by the police that we see almost every day and the rallies and protests we see, it can be said that we are in the second civil rights movement. Unjust murders such as Eric Garner, Samuel Dubose, Sandra Bland, and Jeremy McDole, with police getting paid leave. Also with the luckier ones who survived like the family in Texas who was harassed at their own pool party, Huey P. Newton an older but not as famous event, and Rodney King one of the first and major acts of police brutality. Many…

The Los Angeles Police Department, in the 1800’s all the way to the start of the 90’s police brutality was an everyday situation. However, this only happened to minorities but there was a community that was target the most, the African Americans. African Americans were being severely injured by their community police. Nonetheless, one night of the year 1991 Rodney King was being pursued by the LAPD. Rodney was high on drugs, and stated that he had several reasons to why he wanted to loss the…