Police Brutality
Is racism a factor in police brutality?
Background Information
-force way beyond needed
-kill for "self-defense"
-James Knight kill unarmed black 18 year old
-Laquan McDonald (17) shot 16 times
-Ferguson: Michael Brown death
Causes
-feel like power needs to be used
-usually not convicted
-"Racist assumptions are built into the very foundation of American policing," says William Geller
-"long-ingrained culture that glorifies law enforcement" -James Wolcott
Effects
-few police in jail
-New York from 977 deaths (1987) to 2000+ (1994) by police brutality
-Van Dyke video not released for over a year
-"41 police officers were charged with murder or manslaughter between 2005 and 2011. In the same time period, the FBI recorded several thousand justifiable homicides" -Taylor Kate Brown
Conclusion
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