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    Police body cameras could potentially eliminate police brutality, create a nation-wide sense of comfort and security, and create self-promotion opportunity for police officers. But, are these expectations of safeguarding realistic? Storing and analyzing the footage, alone, is an obstacle that creates issue with the body cameras, but on top of that, there are privacy policy conflictions, both for the police officers and civilians, and, as proven in the past, footage of police brutality may not…

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    Community’s view on police brutality, especially in regards to our teens. Police brutality has begun to covered the media headlines more frequently because fatal shootings, and beatings are becoming more common in our society by the people whose job it is to “protect” us. Police brutality can be defined as excessive or unnecessary mistreatment forces against civilians. Mistreatment is not always physical but sometimes non-violent harassment and humiliating Often times police use their authority…

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    past and recently, people have been affected by police brutality. The societal issue is apparent in many democratic societies around the globe, and increasingly in the United States. The wide spread of police brutality cases has raised many concerns. On one side, law enforcement supporters have backed the legality of officer’s actions while the opposition identifies police racial profiling, excessive and lethal force. Additionally, police brutality also raises concerns about human rights…

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    It seems like now more than ever you hear about brutal Police misconduct in the media. Rarely is someone convicted and or put in jail. On the other hand, when a citizen is in the spot to be made an example out of, they are. I think it is unfair that because of the action of a couple citizens blankets the community. With that being said, it is also unfair that the Police who are doing their job risking their life for us every day, get criticized due to the poor decisions of other officers. Have…

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    The Truth Behind Police Brutality Eighty four percent of police officers have witnessed other officers use more force than necessary to make an arrest. Some may agree that it is not “police brutality”, just police doing their job. For example, if an officer drags someone out of their car for reaching to get their license, but mistaking it for a weapon, one might say, The officer is just doing his job. While the opposing side argues that every situation does not need excessive force for an…

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    Police Brutality Law enforcement officers have so many issues to deal with, and all of the are usually a joke. There are so many protests and issues with racism that the police officers always do some thing wrong. There are so many cases where police brutality is the key factor and people including media make the police officers look poorly. As a future police officer, it is hard to see a good outcome of the job when others don 't respect them and don 't trust them. There are good cops and bad…

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    In recent years, police brutality has become more severe. It is in the public eye and in the news every day a, new case happens at least once or twice a month. The police are supposed to protect and serve, instead communities are terrified of the law enforcement. This essay will point out recent police brutality and ways us as people can do to prevent more cases and deaths. I will also discuss what and how citizens ' rights are taken advantage of by police. These are problems that are going to…

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    Police Brutality On African-Americans Lives Imagine being black in American, walking down the street with no weapons yet you still being seen as a criminal, lawbreaker or felony in the eye of the people who are suppose to be protecting the country and never knowing when a police officers will stop you and check for weapon or drug just because of the color of your skin or the way that you have dressed? Nobody said that being African-Americans in America was going to be easy especially when…

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    Police Brutality is an immoral and corrupt injustice in America because African- Americans and citizens who live in low poverty areas are being dehumanized by officers who use excessive force. Over the past couple of decades, tension between minorities and police officers continues to grow. Chaney and Robertson writes, “police brutality is not a new phenomenon” (“Racism and Police Brutality in America” 483) this has sadly been going on for hundreds of years. Minorities, especially African-…

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    Stiffer consequences for police brutality against violence towards black lives increase gun control, save lives, and promote equality amongst the races. Strict gun control law reform needs to take place in order to prevent unnecessary killings of black lives. According to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health, it was found that “fatal police shootings were about half as common in states whose gun laws place them in the top 25% of stringency than they were in states where…

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