Officer Cadet

shot on August 9, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri, by white police officer, Darren Wilson. Brown was an unarmed man who did commit a small crime, but nothing worth his brutal murder. There are different accounts about what truly happened during this violent encounter. The belief that discrimination was a part of this death led to protests by the black community and violence preceded this. This violence could have been stopped if officer Wilson had just worn a body camera. The black community…

and act tougher than they have to be. Officers who are supposed to protect and serve citizens are doing the exact opposite. Every day in America police officers cross the line and abuse citizens. They do it because they can and know that they can get away with it. Officers know that their department will let them commit many false arrests, protect them from all the abuse they’ve done, and none will be charged. The department will simply say that the officer was just doing his job. In an abuse…

Officers lie for one another, the department will give false statements and testimonies when questioned. “Normally, a trial decides the truth. But a compelling story rooted in stereotypes may circumvent that” (Troutt 17). The jury and judges fall for the officer’s stories which always include a twisted story and false statements by other officers. Most of all, officers will never give a clear image of what happened unless there is visual…

The application process of working as a Police Officer, Correctional Officer and Probation Officer are different due to the fact that each plays an important role in the criminal justice branch. I will be discussing each of the positions and the hiring process of Los Angeles, and Riverside in California. The hiring process for a Police Officer in City Los Angeles as listed on the LAPD website is as follows: The youngest age, you can be to receive an interview is 20 1/2 years old. The applicant…

unnecessary force, usually physical, but also common in forms of verbal attacks- by a police officer. Common police brutality exists in many countries, and it has recently become a huge problem in the United States. A major case that really highlighted police brutality was Rodney King, who was caught by the LA police in 1965 and pulled out of his car and brutally beaten by several police officers. Police officers are legally allowed to use of force, and are anticipated to use it when necessary.…

There have been many instances in the news lately of protests following the shooting of an unarmed African American male by a white police officer. These riots have taken place in cities like Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, Maryland. In Ferguson the riot developed following the court’s ruling to not Indict the police officer in the case of Michael Brown. These cases are widely known due to national coverage, but people are unaware of the smaller cases that predate cases like that in Ferguson.…

The people on the floor were protestors and by the looks of it it seems as the police officers are going over board in how they are treating these so called “delinquents”. The actions of the police officer all the way in the back guide the viewer to see how cold and harsh these targeted civilians were truly being treated at the time. Finally, the last photograph Members of Sons of Watts (1965)…

it closer and causes many innocent lifes to be harmed. The fact that our police officers have been shooting unarmed victims is a very unsettling topic indeed. I read, one case a police shot a man that was wearing headphones. The police pulled the young man over at a local gas station yet as the man went to turn off his music, the police then shot and killed the unarmed man. It is still unknown why the police officer did this without warning, though there may be fear to blame. I also forgot to…

begin as much of an issues, however over the recent years, many cases of police brutality have arisen and been dealt with. The national average for police brutality claims, according to one study, is 9.5 per 100 full-time officers (Auerbach 2). While almost 10% of all officers may not seem like a lot, the number is much higher than it should be. The actions of police brutality hurt the people being detained, the community the police serve, and the actual police force itself. While there are…

police officers access to military weapons would bring safety to the nation, but then victims and their families argue that police brutality is an outcome of militarization. The issue first arose when reformers, such as August Vollmer, wanted to professionalize the police in the beginning of the 20th century after the 9/11 attacks in New York, according to Schultz. Militarization of police includes the use of military equipment and tactics by law enforcement officers. In other words, officers…