Excessive force is very unusual but at times necessary; there are many articles on excessive force. In August 1997, Officer Justin Volpe got knocked to the ground while being at a bar. Officer Volpe mistakenly believed that Abner Louima had knocked him down. They handcuffed him to the car and punched his face with their fists. When they returned to the station, the two officers then shoved a wooden stick up Louima’s rectum, and also held it in his face.
People v. Poplar Marathon Poplar, the defendant, was charged as an aider and abettor of breaking and entering and of assault with intent to commit murder. He moved for a directed verdict on both charges, claiming that there wasn’t enough evidence to submit the case to the jury. The motions were denied. Poplar was found guilty on both counts by a jury in the Circuit Court, Genesee. The Court of Appeals affirmed.
On July 22, 1991, when two Milwaukee police officers picked up Tracy Edwards, a young African-American man who was wandering the streets with a handcuff dangling from his wrist, they decided to investigate the man's claims that Dahmer had drugged and restrained him.When they arrived at Dahmer's apartment, he calmly offered to get the keys for the handcuffs. Edwards then claimed that Dahmer had also threatened him with a knife. When the police went to talk to Dahmer about Edward claims they noticed pictures of dismembered bodies lying around, which included one of a head in the
Rodney King, a black construction worker in Los Angeles, California, was on probation for previous charges of robbery when he was involved in a high-speed chase with the Los Angeles police department. King was eventually apprehended by the police officers and then beating by at least 3 of the 5 officers to near- death, while the other two officers did nothing to stop or prevent the racially motivated police brutality. The beating was recorded by a near-by onlooker on his balcony and viewed nationwide by millions of American’s. Public outraged ensued and the notorious LA Riots soon followed the horrific beating of Rodney King. Eventually, during the trial of Rodney King against the officers who beat him, the federal Judge, John Davies, harshly criticized King for provoking the officers to commit such brutality and further said that the police men were right in the actions that they took.
The first story was about a man named Alexander Gray, he live in Washington D.C.. Gray's first assault was when four men jumped him and beat him with a tire iron and a shovel, while the beating was occuring the men yelled anti-gay epithets. The secong assault on Gray was when a police officer shot Alex in the chest, killing him. Reverend Stephen Young stood over Gray's body and said "I don't agree with the gay lifestyle It's a practice. I have to help you get out of that practice...I hear people called Alex a faggot...I don't like that lifestyle." That was the third assault.
Rodney King had reached a settlement worth 4 million dollars and later on two of the four officers were sent to prison and the other two were acquitted. In TKAM Tom Robinson was sentenced to prison for alleged rape and was sentenced for death. Tom Robinson’s trial wasn’t really a fair one because the whole jury was twelve white men which were biased toward the victim. Tom Robinson was sent to a local prison house to be detained until he goes to the federal prison but he escaped that night and was shot by one of the officers in charge there while he was running. Tom Robinson’s case was an example of injustice due to the fact that the jurors had not gathered any evidence that proved Tom Robinsons guilt, Atticus had proved the court wrong but that was not enough for a racist and biased group of jurors to allow Tom Robinson to leave freely.
So then the officers stopped him and did a patdown search which revealed no weapons. One of the offices shined his flash light into the car and found a bag. And the officer opened the bag, he found marijuana. The officers impounded the car after they found marihuana, and more marijuana was found in the trunk of the car. So long was arrested for drug possession.
The gunman was nowhere in sight. He had sped away in the BMW to a Micro Center computer store in Tustin. Soon thereafter, workers at a nearby Fairfield Inn construction site heard gunfire. Tom Van Schindel, a project superintendent, said a plumbing supervisor spotted one of his co-workers being chased through an overflow parking lot and drove over to help him. The co-worker, Jeremy Lewis, 26, of Fullerton, had just arrived for his 6 a.m. shift when, authorities said, Syed shot and killed him.
White PC Keith Blakelock is hacked to death in a racist murder by men with knives and machetes. 1998: A group of 100 youths throw bottles, cans and stones at police as the five suspects of the murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence arrive at the inquiry. 2005: ‘Black British’ and ‘black Asians’ riot for two consecutive nights, with both groups committing a string of violent crimes against each other, including two murders. 2011: The race war has entered its most dangerous phase yet with gangs attacking hospitals and looting in broad daylight in scenes that look more like a US disaster zone every day. According to the IPCC Report of the investigation into them, there had never been such an event in English memory.
But Brenton Butler, a 15 year old black male was arrested, Butler is much younger and shorter than the criminal that was describe to the police, the only description Brenton Butler fits is being Black. Brenton Butler was subjected to a show up, he was placed in a patrol car and shown to the husband, who at that time makes a positive eye witness that Butler is the man who shot and killed his wife. This documentary highlights the evident problems in our judicial system relating to juveniles accused of crimes. The Butler case was handled in one of the most incompetent and inappropriate ways possible. The Jacksonville Police were more focused on getting a quick conviction rather doing good police work.