...Police Brutality against Minorities Tiffany Harris ENG/147 November 23, 2015 University Of Phoenix Back in 2000 my cousin Andre Harris was killed by a Correctional Police Officer in front of a crack house. Did you know back in 2000 Trayvon Martin was killed by a neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman, my point is when is it going to stop? They were two authority figures who didn’t serve their community in a good way. The 1,217 deadly police shootings from 2010 to 2012 captured in the federal data show that African Americans, age 15 to 19, were killed at a rate of 31.17 per million, while just 1.47 per million white males in that age range died at the hands of police, insert the paraphrased material (“Deadly Force, in Black and White,” 2014) . That’s why I don’t understand the term Black Lives Matter, because every life matter when it’s taken away by violence by the police or by one each other. A great deal of society views officers as heroic and honorable individuals, whose purpose is to protect and serve the community. For so many officers, this description is true, however for others; violence and brutality against innocent people is part of getting the job done so should we consider that as protection. For so many years, minorities have fallen victim to police brutality based on racial profiling, stereotypes and other reasons that has cost innocent lives. The involvement of police officers in police brutality against minority groups causes...
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...English 1020 21 March 2016 Police Brutality The job of a police officer is to serve and protect their community and country, but some don’t see it this way and fail to do their job in an appropriate matter. Some take the law in their own hands and want to enforce punishment where punishment shouldn’t be enforced. These officers use their authority to take advantage of sometimes innocent people to have fun or to just prove a point. Police brutality is a big problem in today’s society which is caused by and contributes too many factors such as racism, incarceration, racial profiling, fear, and lack of training. What is police brutality and how has it become a problem in today’s society? Police Brutality is...
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...In today’s world police brutality is a common thing that is happening. Police brutality is a form of misconduct and those who use it for no means necessary should be fired. I feel that police brutality is a growing crime in the united states and that the government's doesn't take it serious the just brush off as if it’s nothing even if people are being injured or killed from it everyday. Most of police brutality crimes or case are known for them to be committed on black people for no reason or even after the person submits to the police and accept the fact that their being arrested. Police brutality what went so far to the point a group...
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...many problems facing America today and one of them is Police Brutality. According to “Michael Brown, Police Violence, And Why It’s So Hard For Victims to See Justice” by Nicole Flatow, “But Brown is part of a long and painful trend of a black, unarmed men killed by the cops, including two others that made national headlines in just the past week.” This means that many unarmed black men have been shot...
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...Modern Lit November 20 Ms. Carlton Police Brutality in America Police brutality is one of the main concerns we have today. Innocent victims are targeted by police physically and violently. The government has taken action on this issue with a positive impact. However the statistic is rising yearly in a negative way. Race plays a key factors, black people are more targeted than other races. Protests all over the country are still taking place, with hope that there will be change. Racism is evidently existing all around the country through the abuse of police officers among African-American victims. Police brutality has been around for centuries and has increased immensely throughout the years. Police brutality is the...
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...Police brutality has been around for hundreds of years, back when racism was a huge problem. Blacks and whites were not considered equal in the eyes of the government and law. White policeman would beat black men, women and children for no reasons at all many of times. Police brutality is the excessive use of force beyond what is necessary to handle a situation. Many people might say Police brutality is not just a racism, which could possibly be true but you see mainly white policeman killing African American men on the news everyday. You cannot just throw out racism as if it does not exist anymore. In the article Excessive or reasonable force by police, the writers John Wihbey and Leighton Walter Kile talks about excessive of the U.S. police...
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...rights of Black Americans as a civil rights movement leader. King went to Birmingham, Alabama because he saw it as the most segregated city in the entire country. While attempting to end segregation in Birmingham, King was jailed along with 3,000 other men. During his time in jail, King wrote “Letters from Birmingham City Jail” (Batten 165). Although King made much progress in the fight for the rights of Black Americans, Black Americans are still not treated equally today. In 2012, Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old high school student, was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a police officer in Florida. Despite taking the life of Martin, Zimmerman was not charged for his murder. It...
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...communities’ response to police brutality particularly in the black communities and also their encounters with police officers. Police brutality is physical violence and great cruelty demonstrated by a police officer. Police brutality and misconduct have existed for many decades and it even has been broadcasted in news stories over America, but nothing has changed. It has happened predominantly to African Americans in lower-income states. Police officers are given slaps on the wrist for taking a life or injuring an innocent person. This will show how police brutality has affected black communities and how African American communities’ have responded to it with movements and protest, and how they try to overcome...
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...All Lives Matter In 2013 a movement called Black Lives Matter was created and violently forced onto America. A man named George Zimmerman shot and killed a teenager, and was found not guilty of his crime; some say that he was found not guilty because he was a non-black citizen. What the founders of this movement do not understand is that their campaign is doing more harm than good. The Black Lives Matter movement is segregating communities, endangering law enforcement, and causing unwanted victimization. Between the years 1954 and 1964 segregation of whites and blacks was officially over; or so we thought. The Black Lives Matter movement was created to stand against police brutality towards black people, because they believe that police brutality only happens to black people. The name Black Lives Matter is what has started this segregation between black people and every other race. The name makes it seem like they only care about black lives and not anyone else’s life. The founders of the movement maybe do not see it that way, but that is how every other race is taking it. The name alone is creating a bigger problem than police brutality, they are starting another war between the races. They are starting their very own black supremacy. It is a frightening time to be a police officer while the Black Lives Matter movement grows bigger and stronger. Since this movement started there has been riots and protests against our law enforcement. Police officers have not been able...
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...Before we start I should state one thing, All Lives Matter, but right now we are going to specifically worry about the black lives. With that in mind, everyone from a young age is taught safety rules, we learn how to dial 9-1-1 in the case of a danger. Now while in our different homes we are taught a different set of rules. In a white home, they would learn that the police is there to protect them against all crimes that they may cross in their lives, so they should never second guess on calling them in times of need. While compared to a black family, we are taught that even though we are taught in school to call the police in the face of danger, we should never fully trust them, and always be aware of our surroundings when they are around....
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...Why Black Lives Matter? Devontae Robinson Into to Criminal Justice January 23, 2016 Faculty Name Why Black Lives Matter? Why do Black Lives Matter? Black lives assert the lives of all black individuals including the disabled, homosexuals, black-undocumented, blacks with records, women and men. Each has been a target of abuse, racism, police brutality and violence. Black Lives Matter movement addresses the fact that black Americans for a long time are more than white Americans to die at the actions of police brutality, subjected to black on black crime, and the continuation of fighting for black equal civil rights. Black lives are not more special than whites or nay other race but it’s an irrefutable fact that black Americans in this country historically have been devalued, discounted, looked over and not mattered. Police Violence Each year hundreds of black lives have been assaulted, abused, and taken by police violence. Black men in America are murdered, beaten, and violated by officers of the law sworn to “protect and serve” them. The 4th amendment clearly states that “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated and no warrants shall issue without probable cause.” (Henry, 2015). The 4th amendment has not been followed, police when searching, arresting, obtaining, or securing black individuals have violated this to the fullest. Black women...
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... Do Black Lives Matter? What is police brutality? “Many citizens define police brutality broadly to include a range of abusive police practices, such as the use of profanity, racial slurs and unnecessary searches, not entailing the use of physical force”. (Holmes and Smith 6) One of our nation’s biggest epidemics is police brutality and more specifically the rate in which it affects most African American communities. I stress the importance of this issue because law officers are supposed to serve and protect but in most communities comprised of mainly African Americans, the police are often looked at as the aggressor and the instigator in most altercations. I plan to show how this injustice affects African American communities. Due to the social networking sites we visit every day, and the fact that majority of Americans have portable audio and video recording devices right in their purse or pocket, we’re able to see some of these gruesome altercations unfold right in front of us. From the Watts riots in 1965 to the 2016 Jamal Clark incident, that happened right here in Minneapolis. Most of the people that chose not to accept the fact that the police officers their tax dollars pays to employ are committing a genocide of an entire race; typically argue that these individuals brought it on themselves. A tactic police try to use to justify these horrendous acts, is to refer to the individual as monsters that needed lethal force in order to be “put down”. As a black man who...
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...Introduction Police brutality is a problem that occurs on a daily bases in our everyday community no matter where you’re from. In 2014 there have been 1297 killed by law enforcement, 2015 there have been 1307 killed by law enforcement , This year alone 920 american people killed by law enforcement. Every 7 hours a day a cop kills an american citizen. This type of violent act is causing families to lose their loved ones. It is also taking a toll in our community, by causing riots and protests. Argument Over the years there are more deaths due to police brutality, than any other incident. There are many lifes that are affected by this cruel act. Many young men including black, native, and latino men are highly involved in this problem. They...
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...husband was fatally shot by the police while reaching for his wallet. Police brutality has become one of America’s biggest, and most controversial topics. Scrutiny surrounds the law enforcement as new cases of shootings, beatings, and assaults emerge every month. Minorities, especially African-Americans, in the country feel targeted, and hopeless against a system they perceive as oppressive, and racist. This issue has created a divide between the police, and the public. In addition, citizens question if the cops are protecting them or not. Although, it may seem like a problem with the law enforcement, both sides contribute to this issue, and continue to increase racial tensions in America....
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...communities in the United States existed before 1998 and persist into the twenty first century, spurring distrust amongst people of color. Perpetrators of these violations are often those charged with protection: the police. A report by Amnesty International in the same year detailed police using lethal and unnecessary force towards predominately black and Hispanic people (Terence Fitzgerald). Sixteen years later, the death of a black teenager, Michael Brown, at the hands of a policeman, sparked national outrage. The phrase coined, “Hands up, don’t shoot,” addressed the presumption of guilt that exists towards people...
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