Chokehold

Some examples are people from the past like Rodney King who was born on April 2, 1965. Rodney King was caught by the Los Angeles police after a high-speed chase on March 3, 1991. The officers pulled him out of the car and beat him brutally, while a nearby cameraman George Holliday caught it all on videotape. The police were acquitted by a predominantly white jury (Maurantonio, N. 2014). Then there’s people in the present like Walter Scott, a black man who was shot on April 4, 2015, in North…

People may no longer be safe when walking down the streets not because of the gangs, but of the men and women in the blue uniform who swore to serve and protect. “Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear” (Albert Campus) that is what the police have done in today's society. They have been able to get away with murder and beating citizens for a very long time. They do not only attack people of certain ethnicity but also people who were peacefully protesting or not doing, anything at…

stereotyping eerily resembles the issue of police brutality, for unarmed young black males are often seen as threats by white police officers as well as white females. Eric Garner, a 43-year-old black man, was killed after being put in an illegal chokehold by a New York police officer while being arrested for suspicion of selling loose cigarettes. Eric Garner was a describes as a gentle and loving father of six children and three grandchildren, yet his killer, Officer Daniel…

There have been many accusations made about the use of excessive force by the U.S police department. For example, in July 2014, on Staten Island, NY, Eric Garner died while being placed under arrest while the police officer was implementing a “chokehold” as a form of restraint (Wihbey and Kille). One month later, in Ferguson, Missouri, Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer. In these cases, neither of the police officers received indictments. There was one case in April 2015,…

Many people think that we should throw the first amendment away because of hate speech. All laws should stay the same and protect all speech because the government would have to much power over what we see, the government might imprison many people that have opposing opinion than others,and if all speech were to be banned so would people's beliefs ; therefore all laws need to be kept the same. Our media would be highly censored if we were to change the laws. We would be kept in the dark about…

Then in 2012 an unarmed Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by a citizen George Zimmerman. In the summer of 2014 Eric Garner was put in a chokehold and as he was being arrested by 4 officers he could not breathe, he was facedown on the ground, and was put unconscious he suffered from a heart attack and died. Last but not least Michael Brown was unarmed shot and killed by a police officer while…

brutality. One of the major reasons for having the police officers wearing cameras is to show if the force used was necessary. According to the New York Times, a man named Eric Garner was suspected of selling illegal cigarettes and was put in a chokehold. The suspect was killed. There was no evidence to say how it went down. Another major incident was when an officer shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson. The officers said that Michael Brown was being hostile. Others said that the…

In America law enforcement officers are portrayed as heroes; protecting the citizens of the United States, from unknown danger or harm. However sometimes, law enforcement officers are portrayed as villains. Police officers do not always assure safety among civilians. In some cases they do the complete opposite by, victimizing, violating, harming and killing people. Author Sheila Fitzgerald argues that “Police brutality and misconduct are merely the major contemporary forms of state-sponsored…

physical violence plays a large role as well. The death of Eric Garner, an African American, sparked national outrage after an onlooker recorded the incident and posted it to the internet. The video shows an officer holding Garner in an illegal chokehold while Garner repeatedly stated that he was unable to breathe.…

Police Brutality is a modern issue Americans come to face daily. There are different perceptions of the violence caused by police, along with their roles in our communities, as well as our nation. The severity of police brutality is evident through the statistics given by the cases of victims, and the number of cases from previous years. Americans might ask themselves, what is the true definition of police brutality? Police brutality is the violation of civil rights, that occurs when policemen…