Police Brutality Essay

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Police brutality has been around since the 1870’s when police officers were bludgeoning citizens like in the Great Railroad Strike in 1877. Now in days it is called excessive force for a more formal way of saying it but it depends on the case because there is always a situation were either the cop or the civilian is right. Officers most of the time use excessive force to subdue their suspects for many reasons such as when the suspect is doing furtive activity, might have a weapon, under the influence, or is evading whether it is in a car or on foot. There is always that certain group of police officers that do the right thing so they will not get in trouble and to keep citizens and society safe. There is also that group of police officers that use their power and authority in a way that they take advantage of it to hurt suspects. There are many court cases, testimonies, and internet videos that prove how officers use excessive force. The situations that involve police brutality might differ in a certain way. However, these officers might do this to relieve their anger and stress that was caused by the suspect. Like, in a dangerous car chase officers risk their lives and the evader risks the lives of innocent people that are in the way. Once the officers manage to stop them they release that hate they may have towards them in a physical and verbal way. This is a very controversial topic because it is a never ending war between police officers and suspects, also who is in the right of the situation and who is not. There are such important cases like the Rodney King case where he was severely beaten by cops and at the end they were sentenced to 32 months in prison. Also many, many cases where the officers must use excessive force to fend for their lives in a life or death situation. I feel that the police brutality is a bad thing that is done to suspects that are

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