This would typically include interviewing potential witnesses, determining what happened, and putting the pieces together. On an incident such as the Michael Brown slaying in St. Louis, witnesses couldn’t be taken as seriously as usual simply because of the uproar within the community. Any witness would automatically determine fault to be on the police officer. Investigators may read between the lines, though, often determining what truth is and what lies are. When video released of the Rodney King beating, South Central Los Angeles was
The Rampart division of the Los Angeles police department dabbled in a lot of those corruptive behaviors. This essay is going to explain the wrongdoings of the division and the outcome of the many trials that resulted because the actions of those police officers. Body The Rampart division of the LAPD is said to be one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in The United States. There are 375,000 residents and 350 police officers. There are 60 gangs in the area.
Due to this problem, Scarman Report suggested to reform ‘recruitment and training’ because of racism in young police officers. Bowling and phillips (2002: 128-9) mentioned that in the 1970s and 1980s police officers widely practiced using ‘oppressive policing techniques’ in the ethnic minority’s communities, such as ‘ mass stop and search operation, the use of riot squads using semi-military equipment, excessive surveillance, unnecessary armed raid, and police use of racially abusive language.’ For example, Willis (1983) mentioned that black males, adult and young, double to be stopped rather than white. Not only for black people, but also West Indians tripled and Asian five times higher on foot. Smith (1983) also mentioned that, many West Indians have experienced to be stopped ‘for almost any reason and very often for no reason
The numbers don't lie.” “The comments, and the mayor's defense of them, have touched a nerve, sparking a deluge of criticism. Mr. Bloomberg's NYPD ramped up the stop-and-frisk tactic, conducting more than five million stops since the mayor took office in 2002—the vast majority of them being young black and Hispanic men, (Saul and Faux). He practically validated his action and disagreed with the accusations that NYPD racially profile because minorities are not stopped enough compare to the murder suspect’s description and the number of stops are equivalent to the demographics of individuals who commit
Ethnicity and the Police By CJA344 The police department is leaving a bad impression in many minority communities, because of the corruption and brutality that comes from the police patrolling the areas. The police should leave a positive impression with the communities that they serve, this way the police will be able to ask the community for help when needed. There are a few people in the community that speak highly of the police because they have good experiences with the police and have positive opinions of the police and are more freely to cooperate with the police department. Lack of community support to the police force can lead to more crimes in the communities, as a result of the community the police can be less likely to work up to their full potential. “When crime rate goes up there is a further dip in the public perception of the police resulting in a greater antagonism towards the police on the part of the public “(1985).
The Ignoring of Black on Black Crime According to an article in the Sunday Montgomery Advertiser by Kala Kachmar, a professor at University of Alabama, Birmingham, John Sloan, says that Southern cities are prone to violence because of a “Southern subculture of violence.” Also he states that the fact that “violence was used to control slaves” also contributes to this subculture.” It has only been about 150 years since the emancipation proclamation! How long must the educators of this country camp out in this tired area of crime causation? It has been over a 100 years since anyone could actually truthfully testify to suffering violence as a slave. Most of the media will not, or is afraid, to bring up the obvious, that black on black crime accounts for far too much of our crime statistics. A 2007 special report released by the Bureau
The book, The Death Penalty in America, provides a table from 1995; the total number of blacks on death row at that time was 1,246 versus 1,470, the total number of whites (Bedau 65-66). One thing to keep in mind is that blacks make up only 12.8% of our total population (D’Alessio & Stolzberg). Racism is a hateful word. Many people look the other way and deny its existence. But not only does it exist; it subsists in one of the most sensitive areas of our judicial system, capital punishment.
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.
Police Corruption and Misconduct All over the world many police officers abuse the power they are given. In general the job of police is to protect and serve its citizens, to keep them from harm. But instead there are many officers who do the opposite. According to Pollock (2010), “police corruption does not occur just in the United States” (p. 175). In general, the police comes into contact more often with citizens then any other government official.
They are also known to be problematic drinkers. Most police that commit suicide are under the influence of alcohol at the time. The stress of a police officer is not always obvious. Police something miss the signs of stress that there job is causing them due to the fact that after dealing with hard situations day in and day out its easy to just become numb. The pressures of law enforcement put officers at risk for high blood pressure, insomnia, increased levels of destructive stress hormones, heart problems, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).