Police Brutality


Police Brutality goes way back to the 1800’s. It was used as a tool to brutalize labor strikes to set an example for others who wanted to go strike. Police brutality is defined as the use of excessive physical assault or verbal assault during police procedures; such as apprehending or interrogating a suspect. Police are only allowed to use reasonable force and excessive force is considered unlawful, yet there are still countless reports excessive force being used.

 In recent years there has been an influx of police brutality cases and in a lot of these cases, the officers in question aren’t held accountable. There can be many factors which would cause officers to brutalize a suspect the most common factors would be the area where the officer may be and racial profiling. Racialprofiling assumes someone is guilty or more dangerous based on racial characteristics. Racial profiling is most commonly associated to white officers. When the media gets ahold of police brutality cases most people presume the officer is a white male. Most people only think of white officers, this could be because historically there were officers who assisted in lynching’s and shootings of African Americans during the Jim Crow era.

 Officers guilty of excessive force charges may face restrictions and mild consequences on the force; many cases are ruled in favor of the officer. In the Rodney King case in 1991 resulted in the officers accused; being acquitted. Although the law enforcement system is broken the only way to avoid police brutality is to cooperate with officers until a feasible solution can be found.

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