The police officer who savagely killed Michael Brown was also involved in other police brutality incidents prior to this one. Friends and family have stated that sometimes it’s how a child is raised and how they view different races and cultures. This statement shows that racism and pre-consumed thoughts of people are not good when you’re an official of the law. Thinking like this has to stop; lifelong learning of race has to be evaluated at the hiring process. Knowing who you have patrolling the streets and protecting the public is very important.
Summery: Line Of Fire The author of the text “Line Of Fire” mentions the problem of police officers being racist against black people. There are several cases where black people where shot from officers without any reason. This problem is shown by an example case of Walter L. Scott being shot of police officer Michael T. Slager. The special thing about this case is, that it was recorded on video. A normal police control turned out with one dead man and Slager as rileman.
Trayvon Martin deserves justice for his unfortunate and appalling murder. 49 percent of the victims of murders are African American juvenile men. About 38.8 percent of the murders committed, the killer is not found and it goes unsolved. For this particular case we have the killer right in our hands and still Trayvon’s justice is being taken as a joke. We need to unite as an African American community and stand up and fight for the arrest of George Zimmerman.
The obvious examples in the past were when police officers have a power to arrest with ‘sus’ laws, under the 1824 Vagrancy Act (s4 and s6). Many people saw and ethnic minorities felt the abuse of this practice. Police officer stop and search and arrest people based on ‘intent to commit an arrestable offence’ for people grouping in public area. Hunte (1966: 12) mentioned ‘nigger hunting’ activity by junior police officer. Due to this problem, Scarman Report suggested to reform ‘recruitment and training’ because of racism in young police officers.
The current El Paso Police Department is a prime example. A recent slew of investigations by local news stations in the Sun City revealed several “corrupt” cops who had overstepped their boundaries, or had hidden behind their badge to commit crimes. And sometimes, that “thin blue line”, as one officer called it, can divide an entire community— or even a police force. “There will be corruption everywhere you go, but of course it depends on the city that you are in,” Officer Doe said, as he drove through the city. “We are human too.
I feel some crimes that have taken place in this country could have been stopped or lessened to a degree with a concealed firearm. The government can not ensure the 100 percent safety and wellbeing of all its citizens. For example the school shootings and workplace instances etc that happened in this country. But if there were more responsible law abiding people that had a concealed weapon on them some of these tragedies could have been avoided or at least minimized the damage that those criminals caused saving the lives of others is always a good thing. Criminals are not known for following the rules so all law abiding citizens have the right to defend themselves by any means needed.
Perceiving the results of the strong-arm squads as positive, the police department decided to make the nightstick mandatory equipment for all police officers. Officers now had a weapon on them at all times and, not surprisingly, they became more willing to use it, leading to more complaints of police brutality. Many officers began to use the nightstick to beat people for the smallest offenses and even sometimes for just looking at the officers in the wrong way. One of the more common complainants at that time was from people who reported that, while sitting on the steps outside their house, a police officer would ask them to go inside for no reason and then beat them if they refused. The officer then tried to cover up his actions by writing in his report that the
It’s the same story in “Tips for Being an Unarmed Black Teen”, where the author asks their readers to try to see it from the police’s point of view: “You may be unarmed, but you’re also black.” This reasoning might explain why a black person is killed every 28 hours by police, or how “A black person is killed by a white police officer more than twice a week”, probably because “Instead of black people being presented as savages and beasts like they once were, the media perpetuates the notion that black people are gangbangers and thugs” (Taylor). Black people in America are better off hiding out than walking the streets--you know, like a normal
Turner writes of the role of communication plays in society to amplify change and what he terms as the playing out of a social drama. Eric Garner, a 43-year-old African American man, on July 19th 2014 was killed when a white police officer constrained him in a chokehold. The resulting response of protest and gathering by the African American community was the first sign or breach that the norm of behavior of the police needed to change. Turner’s reference to breach of norm is the first step in effecting social change. The issue of police brutality struck a chord in the community and the communication began to amplify when the video went viral on YouTube.
The result has been an 18% reduction of out nation’s aggravated assault plus robbery rate.” (Menkus) this shows people that the more good citizens you have with guns the safer it is for the rest of the people. The problem is not the gun itself but the people who use it and commit these terrible crimes. If more people could be responsible with guns the world could be a safer