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The Line Between Good and Evil Police brutality has become an extreme controversy in today's time. Many seem to think that police are overusing their power, while on the other hand, some say that it is people that are not obeying the officers as they should. People also claim that police aim for a certain race or ethnicity of the American population. Everyone has their own opinions, but from the perspective of a police officer's daughter, police brutality is not a problem. The job of a police…

In light of recent events, tensions amongst American citizens and police officers have risen due to the alleged use of excessive force and the unjust shootings of African Americans. In the aftermath of such incidents, the integrity of police officers nationwide has been questioned, raising the issue of whether or not police should wear body cameras. Based on the increasingly recurring reports of such incidents, body cameras do need to be implemented into police forces in order to regain public…

UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG Implementing a Body-worn Video 200 Police Officer Deep BAGGA 8/28/2015 “When you put a camera on a police officer, they tend to behave a little better, follow the rules a little better. And if a citizen knows the officer is wearing a camera, chances are the citizen will behave a little better.”- William A. Farrar, Chief of Police, Rialto (California) Police Department Cover Letter This report provides a review of the available evidence on officer body-worn…

Police brutality is defined as the use of excessive or unnecessary force by police when dealing with civilians (Daninila). Recently, there has been a surplus of incidents involving police brutality. However, police brutality is not a new concept. It has been going on since the civil rights era and long before then. Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, commonly known as H. Rap Brown, once said, “Violence is as American as cherry pie.” (Black Radical Congress). His statement, which was said in the sixties,…

Police Violence A Research Paper on How Law Cannot Effect Police Violence Police violence is a serious subject and takes place in a variety of ways. Police violence is defined as, “the use of excessive and/or unnecessary force by police when dealing with civilians (Danilina).” Which raises the question of can laws be put into place in order to deal with this issue? Can law bring about the change that is needed in order to reduce police violence? Can the implementation of simple and certain…

White Privilege and Difference It is invisible for most people. It is not discussed, taught or embraced. It is something most people dream about having on a daily basis. It is white privilege. According to author Phoebe Maltz Bovy, privilege today “applies to anyone who enjoys an unearned advantage in life, inherited or not- white privilege, male privilege, straight privilege etc. make everyday life easier, less stressful and more lucrative for those who hold one, two or all three designations”…

When I hear the words “solitary confinement,” I automatically get the feeling that it’s not very good. The first thing that comes to my teenage mind is the SHU, or security housing unit, in the Netflix original Orange is the New Black. The SHU in the show is a place that gives the viewers an idea of the effects of solitary confinement on the prisoner. The inmates’ reactions to the SHU lets the viewers understand that it’s a place that changes a person in a negative way. It even showcases the…

Is America the great, really that great? Has it honestly earned this title, or is it a great fabrication? Every day the news covers multitudes of murders, massacres, and hate crimes involved with racial discrimination, all over America. Even though the Civil Rights outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace, in public, and in schools, it’s still seen every day. This problem is getting more and more out of hand, people are getting turned down for job opportunities because of false judgement…

Police Officers and Body Cameras Police brutality has been around for decades. Police go on power trips and end up wrongly hurting or killing civilians. Rodney King was the most famous victim of police brutality when four Los Angeles Police Department officers beat King on a March night over twenty years ago (Biography.com Editors, n.d.) . The beatings on King were recorded by a bystander watching the events unfold (Linder, 2001) . More recently however, were the deaths of Eric Garner and…

Police Brutality Police officers should be expected to wear cameras on duty, as well as being retrained every six months. “On August 9, 2015 Michael Brown, at just 18 years old, died at the barrel of a white policeman’s gun in Ferguson, Missouri, igniting world-wide anger and protestations, more so in the US itself” (“Modern Day Lynching?” 1). “Since Brown’s death there have been several to follow suit such as, Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray and Sandra Bland. Young black lives lost so…