Police brutality

African-American men have been brutally murdered by the police and this has sparked anger and rage in the black community towards police officers that put their lives down every day to protect and serve their communities. President Obama once said during a speech, "The overwhelming majority of police officers do an incredibly hard and dangerous job fairly and professionally.…

report on African American casualties. “Law Enforcement as Agents of Brutality Although the videotaped beating of Rodney King was for many Blacks in America the defining moment that provided undeniable proof that the police use excessive force” (Chaney 499). In the case of Rodney King, police chased after him on a high speed chase late at night. When King finally stopped, the police officers proceeded to then brutally beat him. The police officers possessed no right to use excessive force to…

Despite the progression of African Americans, white privilege and police racism is very prevalent in our modern society. African Americans all over are in fear of the very people who are enforced to protect us. Police killings of unarmed and undangerous black civilians like John Crawford, Akai Gurley, who was killed while walking in a dark staircase, and Eric Garner, who was choked to death…

one race/color, gets in power, and they start eliminating the races to which they don’t approve of can lead to a higher chance of other races/colors getting eliminated as well. Moreover, there has been a lot of police brutality occurring within the past decades, mostly done by White police officers using excessive force towards African Americans, Hispanics, and other minorities. There is nothing new about the fact that minorities have been racially discriminated and segregated throughout the…

Protests today in the U.S is primarily about police brutality towards innocent and unarmed African Americans. Due to this action taken by police officers, African Americans had the courage to rally other African Americans to form the Black Lives Matter movement. These protest have been occurring everywhere in the U.S, knowing that many furious African Americans attend these protest to express the way they feel about the police. As sufficient information we see on the news and videos of African…

innocent Radio Raheem is killed by the hands of police officers. But what gave the officers the right to kill Radio Raheem? What were Radio Raheem’s crimes? Police prejudice, injustice, and brutality were combined in that scene to show how the life of an innocent man can be terminated without justification, just as it keeps occurring. An FBI report shows that at least twelve thousand people were killed by the police between 2008 and 2012, police brutality is far from over and that is one of the…

considered Formation to be an anthem of 2016, speaking about the issues of race that are often glossed over in pop culture. Formation uses both visuals as well as lyrics to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement, and the controversial topic of police brutality in America, the city of New Orleans, post hurricane Katrina, and also touches on body positivity and the representation of people…

has been if there is a rise in police brutality among minorities. &It feels like every week a name is added to the list:another man, often black and unarmed, has died at the hands of police.& (CNN) , is there really a rise in attack or has the media just created an outlet where news can be shared globally? Is there more police on civilian brutality or are we just able to now connect the dots and add them to the &list& as opposed to our local news feed? Police Brutality is not something that…

audience completely understand the obstacles that black males have faced over history, and in recent times especially. The release of this music video coincided with an uptake in police violence, and bigoted racial profiling tactics in the African American community. The song, and music video alike, describes how police are discriminating against innocent, black males. Through a blend of meaningful expressions, racial unification,…

Segregation was a reality in the twentieth century, and if it had not been for revolutionary groups like the Black Panther Party, it may have also been something we would face today. Living for the City (2010), written by Donna J. Murch, discusses the “new forms of organization, grassroots mobilization, and political literacy” (p. 6) of the Black Panther Party. By implementing anti-segregation and educational public campaigns, the Black Panther Party became important for the development and…