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Department officers. King was involved in a high speed chase along with two other male victims of these brutal police. Bryant Allen was one of the passengers and was manhandled, kicked, stomped on, taunted, and threatened. The other passenger, Freddie Helms, was struck in the head as he lay on the ground harmless. Helms was later treated for a laceration on top of his head (Newton). As for King, he was tased and beaten by batons with excessive force. The commanding officer on scene, Officer…

Correctional Officers around the nation is face with a lot of reasonability on a daily basis. Correctional Officers are reasonable for all law enforcement duties within the jail and prison system which is county, state and federal. According to the Bureau of labor statistics there are 469,500 correction officers around the nations working rotating shifts which can range from 8 to 10 hour shifts. The Bureaus also states correctional officer position can be dangerous and stressful. Every year many…

important policy solutions.” Furthermore, due to the sensitivity of the subject, they issue of police brutality will “continue to progress and accountability will be held on both ends.” To conclude, TD recommends “extensive background checks for officers, checking more into the community rather than just running record[s] to find out what kind of person they are (asking family members, friends, teachers from when they were in school,…

policeman in today 's society: “Police officers literally have millions of contacts with citizens every day, and in the vast majority of those interactions, there is no claim of wrongdoing, but that’s not news” (Perez-Pena & Williams, 2015). Along with the scrutiny of the media, in high-risk scenarios the police need to make instantaneous decisions in order to keep situations under control. The use of video surveillance sometimes creates a misleading view towards officers “and it cannot really…

to believe in or even trust the law, which in turn is causing a major concern nationwide. Take for instance the Michael Brown “Hands up, don’t shoot” incident that happened on August 9, 2014. Michael Brown, an African American teen, was shot by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. Police were called to the Ferguson Market where Michael and his friend Dorian…

Police brutality has been a hot topic in the news all over the country as of lately. There are several cases of brutality that make the news, most of which are thought to be white officers shooting black criminals. The idea is that Police officers are being racist in their arrests and harming people because of racism. There are news stories everywhere, talking about Ferguson, Missouri where 18 year old Michael Brown was shot or the Kentucky State Trooper, Joseph Ponder, who was shot after…

perception. For example, when a crime occurs, witnesses can give starkly different statements on what took place. Sometimes the best teller of the truth can be video footage from a camera. Therefore, when police officers wear body cameras it is beneficial to the suspect, as well as the officer, because they provide an unbiased account of what truly happened. The American people have been pushing the issue of body cameras because there have been multiple instances where unarmed…

The Big Eye Improved citizen behavior, improved police behavior, reduced need to use force incidents, reduced citizen complaints. These are all outcomes that would improve in everyday life if law enforcement wore body cameras. In the news, there are numerous cases about police allegedly misusing force or about citizens allegedly using force against the law enforcement. With law enforcement wearing body cameras, these well-known incidents would be no longer a problem. Not only would that be more…

So what is police brutality?, it 's when a police officer uses excessive force to detain a suspect or a criminal (sometimes even killing the person or seriously injuring them). There are many different viewpoints on the matter , but two have come up with their own arguments ( Michael P. Auerbach and Tracey M. DiLascio). The main points covered were; agreeing that police are put in instantaneous, decisive positions and that some police officers take it too far, and disagreeing about how…

Criminal Justice Diversity Reflection on Discussion I think that a lot of the news that we see is about male’s police officers that do not always do the most ethical things. The male police officers usually get a bad wrap about how they have to follow the rules and if they do not they get punished, but when women do it it’s a different story. I think that Americans and probably most other countries have a stigma that males cant be a victim domestic assault because they are suppose to be strong.…