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he was facing towards Brown with his hands in the air and was completely unarmed. After this initial murder, the Black Lives Matter Movement started in Ferguson, Missouri. The movement originally started out as a very violent movement that included riots, arsons and shootings, which gave Black Lives…

consisting of: Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, DJ Yella, The D.O.C, and Arabian Prince, also known as N.W.A composed Fuck Tha Police released in 1988 both songs protesting police brutality against African-Americans in the United States of America. Both Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Kendrick Lamar and N.W.A express their disfavor towards the justice system through their music. Police brutality persists against blacks today this includes: mothers, daughters, fathers, brothers, cousins, aunts, uncles,…

Police brutality is a serious problem Americans face today. Police brutality is taken into effect when an officer uses excessive physical contact, verbal attack, or psychological intimidation against a person without a logical reason for doing so. Police officials have been abusing their power and authority by their extortionate use of violence towards people. With civil disobedience continuously happening, there have been an exponentially increasing amount of cases that are lead by police…

The article, “The Problem with Police Cameras” written by Janet Vertasi was published in Time Magazine in May of 2014. Vertasi, an employee at Princeton University where is an assistant professor of Sociology. Vertasi’s article provides information regarding police body cameras and bringing awareness to the negative possibilities of our local police wearing body cameras while on duty. She provides examples of misrepresentation of photos with fifteen years of experience in examining how experts…

In the last few years one of the most prominent topics in the news has been police brutality. Unfortunately, a direct result of this brutality is the killings of many innocent black people. Through this, organizations like Black Lives Matter have been created to help bring attention to this topic. Black Lives Matter is an important movement for the black community because it forces us to examine institutional racism, police brutality, the deaths of innocent black people, and general racism more…

Heather Hogue CRMJ385-001 3/27/2016 Police Officer Interview Project My paper will discuss my experience with interviewing Officer John Meehan. My interview took place on February 18th, 2016 at the North Eastern District. The majority of the interview consisted of why he became a police officer and whether he was a part of any big cases during his professional career. I asked if there were any challenges he had to face and have his opinions/life changed on policing. I also wanted to get his…

simply the duties and tasks that police officers have to perform to maintain law and order in communities. Polices perform such duties as traffic control, criminal investigation, keeping peace, and other helpful services to citizens. Over time, policing has changed tremendously and has had a great effect on today’s society. Police officers are faced with many challenges when it comes to enforcing the laws and the way they choose to enforce the laws. The problems that police officers face can…

seen in the media and the news the scandals on police brutality towards citizens of color. Police officers are required to maintain order, protect, and serve; but lately we have observed them using violence as their first response. The fact that violence is being use isn’t the only problem the real issue is that officers are attacking minorities. Since the beginning people of color have always had problems when stop by a white officer. Statistically police officers assume that because the person…

Acts of corruption by police is not knew and unfortunately it will never not exist however, every police officer from the lowest ranking to the highest has been tasked to ending corruption. Police are to be viewed as authority with a very high ethical standard and once this has been abused it is very difficult for the community to view that officer or officers any other manner. A law enforcement agency can hire some of the best candidates and one of those turn at some point in his or her…

American this year have been killed already by police brutality. Michael Brown was the unarmed innocent teen who was shot and killed on August 9, 2014 by Darren Wilson a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri that made nationwide news. Some important background information to know about the Michael Brown case are words like police brutality, black lives matter, and people Michael Brown and Darren Wilson. Police brutality is acts of violence committed by police. Black Lives Matter is a racial…