Fighting Against Police Brutality, Excessive Force and Abuse

Police brutality is a form of misconduct performed by either police on duty or off duty. This form misconduct can involve the unlawful use of violence and brute force, in extreme cases police brutality can lead to the death of the victim. Police brutality has always been an issue in the United States, but the last couple of years this issue has magnified itself. Some police officers have seemed to be lost to the true meaning of what their job is supposed to be about and now only use the authority granted to them as way to give abuse. This problem has been the downfall for many lives not only for the people who have died by the hand of police officers or have scars received by police officers but also for the family of those victims. The country created the law force to protect every citizen and to stop crime, if this job is carried out successfully the fear and hatred for police officers should diminish. The problem within the United States goes deeper than police brutality, it has much to do with how the country developed as a whole and until differences are put aside the United States will continue to face this police brutality crisis.

For the last few years or so there has been an epidemic with police officers and their targeting of African American men. There have been many cases involving police officers and African American men, many of these cases are surrounded by the shooting and/or death of these men by the hands of officers. There is no sure evidence that the police officer was fighting for his life for him to take another, but these stories have become very suspicious. Which make it harder for people to wrap their head around these shootings is that there’s two sides to every story and with these stories one side can’t be told because the man is dead.

About two years ago, Alton Sterling was shot by police officers at a convenience store. Alton was standing on the sidewalk, selling cd’s when officers showed up. The officer on the scene reported that Alton had a hand gun in his pocket. A situation like this could’ve gone differently if officers would’ve approached it differently. The verdict of this case led to one officer being fired and the other suspended. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/us/baton-rouge-alton-sterling.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FPolice%20Brutality%20and%20Misconduct&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection

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  1. Julie Quinn TACApril 2, 2018 at 8:46 AM

    I see a NYT link here at the bottom--where does it go in the body paragraphs? Where was it used? You make the argument here that the problem with police brutality stems not from police departments but from the fabric of this country's founding. That's a big, compelling argument to make. So if you make that argument, give us some historical context markers along the way here. What incidents pinpoint an almost universal bias toward people of color in America and how does that filter into policing? I think you might have something here. But back it up!

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