Discussion About The Issue of Police Brutality in America

Legal and major action should be taken seriously against Police Brutality because the situation continues to worsen by the day with the tendency of those not being accounted for. Instead of police being seen as the hero, they are now being feared as the villains. Who do we citizens call when we need protection from those that exploit their power to serve and protect us?

With police violence being illegal, it is somehow accepted and dismissed in some cases due to the fact that it can be done under the color of law. Police brutality cases seem to increase by the year in the United States, as of 2018 last year about 23 out of 365 days were the days’ police did not kill an individual. In the year 2017 about 1,000> people were killed by such a cruel act of abuse. With African Americans being only 13% of the population, they part-take in the 25% killed by those that have the mentality that they are above the law and not within it. That’s where racial discrimination come in.

The violence that these officers act upon is usually against those of color. It has brought out a high rise of hatred and anger in these individuals with police today crossing the line of excessive force and going way beyond measures for the unnecessary due to their race. I can understand that excessive force may be needed in a certain situation because an individual may be unstable or have a deranged outburst with a weapon to where they need a way of getting them to become calm and act quick with a compromise. Most officers don’t even acknowledge what the problem is when it comes to a person of color.

They simply discriminate and overlook them as a person which is against their protocol and against the Civil Rights Act.

Signed and dated July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson prohibited any act of discrimination in the public eye of any minority community. This document has impacted the US historically and remains a big factor today especially with the nonsense of police violence. Many people have made comparisons between a white civilian’s chances of getting killed or abused by the police and a black civilian. Sources say that black individuals are 3 times more likely to be killed by the men or women of the law than white individuals. Of those black victims killed 30% are unarmed in the year of 2015 in comparison of 21% being white victims. About 99% of the cases involved in the attacks, have not had any officers accountable of the crime.

This minority community has a list of accusation of police brutality and the list only gets longer. Regardless of being white, black, blue or red no person should ever have to encounter this inhumane act of disrespect. This topic brings out a huge concern for my fellow Americans. It brings a lot of attention that this needs to be addressed the right way. Nothing good comes out of this behavioral act of abuse only psychotic riots that tears apart the city and a crazy amount of protests. A well- known protest was the “Black Lives Matter” protest back in 2013. This protest was a tribute to the black lives taken by police officers all over the US. A truly remarkable movement despite the reasoning behind the existence of it. Those that join hand in hand that part take in this protest remain empowered by their people and refuse to retaliate until they have received the justice they rightfully deserve because in the end it is their right to do so.

In summary, I believe the brutal attacks caused by police officers should be consider in major legal action on account of being convicted of police misconduct thus violating the Civil Rights Act. We civilians know right from wrong but this is an unacceptable act of a crime being committed and not being justified in a proper manner. At the end of the day we are all AMERICANS and should be treated equally as said in the US Constitution. “Know justice, know peace.”- Dr. King