Police Brutality In America

Police Brutality underscores the abuse of authority. Officers use strands of unreasonable attitudes of extreme measures when it is not necessary. Over time policemen have acted out in ways that demonstrate their abuse of authority, making this behavior now “familiar to the average citizen” (Geiselman). Unjustified shootings, fatal choking's, severe beating’s and rough treatment have all contributed to the current problem of police brutality in America. The fact of the matter is that most of these incidents go un-reported or un-noticed. Through research, we seek to identify the causes of police brutality, and what we can possibly do to end it.
Police brutality occurs in unnecessary times, making it a serious problem. Police brutality has become …show more content…
In “seven reasons Police brutality is systemic, not anecdotal”. Kristian states, “When police officers act on their racist assumptions, it is frequently poor black people who are their victims”(Kristian 1). In the article “Police brutality must end,” Progressive’s argument coincides with that of Kristian’s by explaining, “Nearly all victims in the case of deaths in custody and police shootings reviewed by amnesty international were from racial minorities-particularly African American. Latinos and Asians” (Progressive 4). Not only are the two articles agreeing on racism being the cause of police brutality, but also Chaney and Robertson reconcile that police brutality is aimed towards African Americans because of their skin color. According to Chaney, Black males are viewed as the “prototypical criminal”, which causes others to attack and assume black’s to be guilty (Chaney and …show more content…
As spoke about before this news article also agrees with the fact that officer’s who are not well trained do not know how to handle dangerous situations or recognize a “dogs body language”(Chandler). Chandler’s response to animal cruelty is interesting reason being that she also believes if police officers were to be trained properly or held accountable for their actions animal cruelty could be prevented. However, that is not the only thing that would be prevent but as well as all the other problems police officers seem to be creating.
In conclusion, from what I have acquired over the past days of looking at the different animal cruelty and police brutality articles there is a handful of disgraceful people in this

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