Police Brutality Is Not Necessary”Police Brutality Is Not Necessary”Introduction:The Police Department has a duty to protect and serve in the publics best interest. Working in this particular profession, at times, can be very dangerous. Many men and women who wear the police uniform are put into positions where excessive force is necessary; however, there are many instances where it is not.
Causes of Police Brutality:The factors that trigger into whether police abuse their power are race, religion, socioeconomic status, and treatment of the mentally ill. Also, the militarization of police departments and “Shoot-To-Kill” policies weigh in heavily towards this issue. Police brutality should be addressed because some police officers use dangerously extreme measures.
Race plays a key role in most police brutality cases throughout the United States. In spite of the growth in many areas since the civil rights movement, one area that has been persistently resistant to change has been the treatment of blacks and minorities by the police. Police have subjected minorities to apparently discriminatory treatment and have physically abused minorities while using racial slurs. The excessive force by police officers is becoming a growing problem, and should be investigated by both the police and the powerful political figures.
The South Carolina Department of Public Safety provided raw video from a police dash cam that shows a December 12, 2004, incident in which a state trooper threatens to kill an African American person and uses a racial slur.(www.nbcaugusta.com) Then in St. Louis there was another case where an off duty St. Louis County police officer was accused of using racial slurs and pointing his pistol at a man during a parking space argument at a St. Patricks Day event.(www.knox.com) In Cincinnati, Ohio, Police Officer Patrick Caton has been was stripped of his police powers after allegedly using a racial slur that was recorded inside his cruiser.(www.enquirer.com) Each new incident that involves police abuse of an African-American, Hispanic-American or another minority and particularly those that receive media attention strengthens
towards accountability, and further support the civil rights and police accountability movement.
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Black Americans have always had the right to a fair trial and there are no exceptions to the rule of law.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 gave black Americans the right to choose either of their elected officials. Since then, more than 1.4 million black people have signed up for the National Voter Registration Act and some have been denied their rights. When asked if the police should use discrimination, Mayor Kasim Reed of Cleveland said: “Not in my lifetime.” The Voting Rights Act of 1965 gave blacks the right to have a fair trial by jury of all citizens (1962). However, in 2014 the Justice Department said race relations should be a top priority, calling the 2012 election “a turning point in the history of voter rights law.”
If you and your family want justice in the eyes of the law in this world, I’d suggest you read President Barack Obama’s book “Unabomber,”
in which he lays out his vision of a “new normal” for all Americans. After taking over the Justice Department in 2015 as Attorney General, he was a founding member of the National League of Women Voters and helped lead the fight to pass the Voter Identification Act of 1965. He became a vocal voice for minority rights during the Democratic National Convention in 2008. Former President of the NAACP Mark D. Nunn in 1999 was one of the signatories to President Ronald Reagan’s 2003 Voter ID Bill, and in 1999 Nunn was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is a certified law school graduate. He was arrested in 2016 on charges of voter fraud.[1]