The 20th century brought many events that would shock the world and forever stain american soil. Events such as The Great Depression, an event that resulted in many american families losing their homes, jobs, and even in some cases their dignity. Apollo 11, the first ever spaceflight that safely landed a human on the moon and the Holocaust where an estimated six million Jews were killed by the Nazi regime. Out of the hundreds of events that have occupied the length of the 20th century, none were more important as the evolution of police brutality and the civil rights movement. Who do you call when the police murder? A question probably asked by million of Americans in today's day and age. As time goes on it seems as if police brutality …show more content…
They are also given an assortment of tools which are to be utilized in times of need. A firearm, Taser, Billy club, and pepper spray but it seems as if the tool used the most is the firearm. Why is this weapon used the majority of the time, I say out of fear and getting tunnel vision which the proper protocol is thrown out the window and the though of “ It’s either you or me.” comes into place. Weapon or no weapon some officers see everyday citizens as the enemy. Males walking in a group could be presumed as a threat when in reality there isn’t one. A packed car could be identified as a threat also when the case could actually be a group of friend going out for some fun or just heading back to school. The police academy has a wide arrange of training topics that are suppose to be taught to them in order to bring out their full potential. These topics include everything from domestic violence situations, firearm training, health and fitness, hate crimes and more but I notice holes everywhere in the program. Academies spend a median of 60 hours on firearm training, 50 hours on health and fitness, 44 hours on self-defense, and 40 hours on criminal law, but what about the topic s that are important to the lives of citizens. Culture diversity is 8 hours, stress management for offices is 6 hours, …show more content…
This behavior is learned in the police force unless they were taught to have a pure hatred for people earlier in life. This hatred may be race related in the eyes of Caucasians police offices. A learned behavior from seeing things their parents and grandparents have done in their past and applying it to their present day duties and life. Same when it comes to the African American officers. They’ve watched years of discrimination that was aimed towards their people and instead of fighting fire with for the decided to fight the fire of injustice with education. Unless they’ve been taught to hate whites how whites were taught to hate them in the early