...of police brutality in an arrest: A research note. Justice Quarterly, 14(3), 577-586. Levin gather information from Northeastern University. Levin set up an experiment in order to discover the effects of race of the law enforcement on opinions of police brutality. Levin provided three videotapes, each showing a black male suspect being arrested by two different race police officers. One version of the tape then was watched by each randomly assigned subject, 28 white and 33 black Northeastern University students. Both black and white subjects were significantly more likely to see violence and illegality when both arresting officers were white. The outcome points...
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...Do All Black Lives Matters? Do all Black Lives Matters? Since the being of the movement late last year that is the question running through most peoples’ minds. Whenever there is a story that is about Black Lives Matters it mainly focuses on straight this gender, males with the exception of Sandra Bland. We barely hear about black women being victims of police brutality even though the founder of the movement are women. We also never hear and get media coverage for LGBT+ victims even though they too have large murder rate. There is also a lack of support in the movement for people that aren’t perceived as “Black enough”. The lack of focus on black women, Eraser of the black LGBT+, and colorism shows the injustices within the Black Lives Matters movement. The first example of injustice within the Black Live Matters movement is the lack of focus on women. Black Lives Matters were created in 2013 by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi after George Zimmerman was acquittal. Since then the movement has grown tremendously from being mentioned on every major news network, newspapers and websites, to even come up in the presidential debates. Yet there is no mention of the founders being females at all. . Being that the movement was started by women there is hardly any coverage on female victims of police brutality, with the exception of Sandra Bland....
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...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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...Black Lives Matter is an organization founded by Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi, and Alicia Garza. The group was started in 2012 after George Zimmerman was acquitted of the murder of Trayvon Martin. The goal of the group is to not just focus on the police brutality aspect on black lives, but also to spread awareness of black love. “Black Lives Matter affirms the lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, Black-undocumented folks, folks with records, women and all black folks along the gender spectrum” (blacklivesmatter.com). Black Lives Matter believe in not only the equality of “normal” black people, but those of all sexual orientations, lifestyles, and etc. Some individuals, such as Elisabeth Hasselback claim that the group should...
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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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...feminist. Intersectionality feminism usually deals with racial, social, and political injustices. Believe it or not, racial injustices still occur today. One of the most recent racial injustices is what happened to Sandra Bland who was manhandled, arrested and three days later found dead in her jail cell. Even though it is unclear what really happened, this was an act of police brutality because if she were a white women she wouldn’t have been arrested for a traffic stop incident and she wouldn’t be dead. Another case of police brutality is when 12 year old, Tamir Rice died by two police officers who shot him to death for having a toy gun. He received no justice because of how old he looked. Not only that but the way black women and other people of color experience...
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...Johnson proposed a National Council on Indian Opportunity in 1965, which provided many funds to reservations.* In 1968, Indian activists, or Native Americans, demanded “Red Power.”* They protested against the poor protection of their land and water rights and the desolation of their sacred sites. These groups formed cultural programs that taught their language and honored their beliefs. Indian groups such as the Navajo and Hopi protested strip mining, Taos Pueblo aimed to reclaim the Blue Lake sacred site, and Puyallup led “fish-ins” to regain the right to fish in the Columbia River and Puget Sound.* The American Indian Movement (AIM), the most militant group, founded in 1968 by Chippewas, Sioux, and Ojibwa attempted to end the police brutality on Indian reservations, or “red ghettos.”*The militant group, AIM, gave Indians a sense of pride towards their...
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...to stand up to the majority. People should not be judged based on their race, gender, or religion. Men and Women around the United States are being judged on their race and religion. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird there was a lot of racial judging. Then there are the people that are the opposite way. Therefore people should not be judged at all. There are many victims in prison that were convicted because of their race. Every single one of these men or women that are human also. There was the same occurrence in To Kill A Mockingbird. Atticus was defending a man that was black and was accused of rape. As usual, since he was black in the 1930’s, he was guilty as charged and sent to prison. As Atticus said “As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it—whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash”.(To Kill a Mockingbird book). This is something that people all over the US...
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...positive black leader and a member of the Nation of Islam because of his services and achievements towards the civil rights movement and the NOI during the 1950's. Firstly, in his early life, X was sentenced to 8-10 years in prison for burglary charges and sleeping with white women, however he was granted parole after serving six years. While imprisoned X found self-enlightenment and began to study the teachings of Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam (NOI). Furthermore, X repeated Muhammad’s preaching’s about white supremacy that restricted Afro-Americans from empowering themselves and achieving political, economic, and social success. Secondly, X fought for African-American civil rights, this can be seen in the movie after the police mercilessly injure a fellow brother of his temple....
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...Racism throughout the years Did the Civil rights movement end racism and police brutality? This paper will explore how police brutality is still current in today’s society. Not only that but what it means to be a leader of a protest movement, and a leader in today's world. The media is very involved in today's society however, there seems to be no real leader of many of the protest that have occurred. Could this be the problem for why nothing is being solved today? There were many issues before with how police have abused there powers and it seems as though today the same issues maybe occurring. However, the problem we face today is we have no strong leads. In the past we have had Dr. King played a huge role in protest movements. Also, there were many powerful people who have such strong opinions on how our government works. This paper will explore Dr. King, Machiavelli, and Thoreau and what they believed what made a strong government and, strong leader for the people. Dr. Martin Luther King wrote letter from Birmingham jail on April 16,1963. This letter that Dr. King wrote was...
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...Police Brutality and the Inequality Against African Americans Racism has been an ongoing issue for over decades. Blacks did not have the same privilege as whites did. African Americans were not allowed to eat in public restaurants, rent hotel rooms and literally had to ride in the back of the bus for public transportation, they were treated less than humans less than equal. African Americans did not have any protection from the law, because in most cases blacks could not vote. If they could not vote for the sheriff, police officers, or the mayor then they did not have to loan any type of assistant to blacks. Therefore blacks’ lived in this constant fear of something happening to them and they were not able to react. On August 24, 1995 a fourteen...
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...was stopped by police officers on suspicion of driving under the influence. Frye was pulled out of his car with excessive force and taken into police custody. Surrounding people noticed this arrest taking place. Word soon spread that yet another black male was taken into police custody with excessive force by police. After these events, from August 11th through August 18th there were multiple riots in the predominantly black Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. These were the most fatal riots in the LA history (before the Rodney...
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...How far did the effective operation of slavery in British colonies in the year’s c1760-1833 primarily rely on the use of brutality? • The treatment of slaves in the United States varied by time and place, but was generally brutal and degrading. Whipping, execution and sexual abuse including rape were common. • Slaves were punished by whipping, shackling, hanging, beating, burning, mutilation, branding and/or imprisonment. • Punishment was most often meted out in response to disobedience or perceived infractions, but slaves were also sometimes abused to assert the dominance of their master or overseer. • The mistreatment of slaves frequently included rape and the sexual abuse of women. Many slaves were killed as a result of resisting sexual attacks. • Others sustained psychological and physical trauma. The sexual abuse of slaves was partially rooted in the patriarchal nature of contemporary Southern culture and its view of women of any race as property. • After generations, there were numerous mixed-race (mulatto) offspring, many held in slavery. Although white Southern society abhorred sexual relations between white women and black men as damaging to racial purity. • Even the most kindly and humane masters knew that only the threat of violence could force gangs of field hands to work from dawn to dusk, "with the discipline," as one contemporary observer put it, "of a regular trained army." • Frequent public floggings reminded every slave of the penalty for inefficient...
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...“Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother's son, we who believe in freedom cannot rest until this happens.” - (Ella Baker, 1964) The country’s history reverts back to enslaving our race and the killing of black men and women across the nation. Our ancestors have put their blood, sweat, and tears into making a better world for us. On February 2012, Trayvon Martin was killed by neighborhood watch member, George Zimmerman. Trayvon walked out of the store with his hoodie on, while carrying a bag of skittles, and a can of sweet tea. Zimmerman, believed Trayvon was a threat to his community and not thinking shot him 70 yards from his home. Martin, at the age of 17, lost his life because Zimmerman classified him by the color of his skin....
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...Shamarkia Minor EN 0103-05 Mrs. Forsythe 19 September 2013 Misrepresentation of Black America Many African-American men and women get bad reputations due to today’s media. Whether it is from music, movies, or television shows. These stereotypes affect the African-American society very much, especially when they go search for jobs or even when they just go out in public. When people outside of the Black community see how actors and entertainers act on television shows, movies, and videos, they get the impression that all African-Americans act this or that way. Basically judging a book by its cover. Music play s huge role on African-Americans; especially rap music. When my mom was growing up, rappers like Tupac, Dr. Dre, and Ice Cube, their lyrics were based on topics such as police brutality and other problems in black society. The music wasn’t as vulgar as today’s rappers. Even though they sometimes rapped about money, sex, and drugs, they kept it real and didn’t really exploit women. Music now has ruined the reputation for young black women and men. They make all men to be shooters, killers, drug dealers, etc. and they make the women out to be strippers, gold diggers, whores, drug abusers, etc.; telling young black men and women that this lifestyle is okay because you can make a lot of money. Artists don’t realize the effect they have on our generation. Rappers, for example, Chief Keef and Lil Wayne rap about robbing, shooting, killing people, smoking marijuana, popping...
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